How common is the surname Urbanek?

1,754 people in the United States had the surname Urbanek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. It ranked 16,407th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Urbanek?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Urbanek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Urbanek?

Johann Urbanek, Austrian footballer (1910-2000).

Where is the surname Urbanek most common?

Wikidata records people named Urbanek in Germany.

Is the surname Urbanek getting more or less common?

More common. 1,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,754 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Urbanek

A surname, carried by 1,754 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex U615

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Urbanek is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,754 people named Urbanek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,710.

#16,407

rank among US surnames

1,754

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,691)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,407	Dillion	1,754	176,024
#16,415	Pietsch	1,753	176,124

Who is named Urbanek

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Urbanek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Urbaneks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johann Urbanek
Austrian footballer (1910-2000)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Urbanek

Urbanek has the Soundex code U615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U615.

Questions

How common is the surname Urbanek?: 1,754 people in the United States had the surname Urbanek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. It ranked 16,407th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Urbanek?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Urbanek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Urbanek?: Johann Urbanek, Austrian footballer (1910-2000).
Where is the surname Urbanek most common?: Wikidata records people named Urbanek in Germany.
Is the surname Urbanek getting more or less common?: More common. 1,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,754 in 2010, up 2.6%.