Find out how popular the last name Urbanus is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Urbanus.

Urbanus, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Urbanus surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Urbanus in America

Urbanus is the 144141st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Urbanus surname appeared 115 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Urbanus.

We can also compare 2010 data for Urbanus to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Urbanus

The surname Urbanus has its origins in medieval Italy, deriving from the Latin word "urbanus" which means "of the city" or "urbane." It emerged during the 12th and 13th centuries as a distinguishing name for individuals who lived within the confines of a city or town, as opposed to rural areas.

The earliest recorded instances of the name Urbanus can be found in various Italian municipal records and chronicles from the 13th century. One notable example is the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani, who mentions an individual named Urbanus de Castiglionchio in his historical accounts of the year 1260.

In the 14th century, the name Urbanus appeared in the tax records of the city-state of Siena, suggesting its continued use as a surname among urban dwellers in the region. A notable bearer of this name was Urbanus de Albizis, a prominent Sienese merchant and banker who lived between 1330 and 1395.

As the name Urbanus spread beyond Italy, it underwent various spelling variations, such as Urbain in France and Urban in Germany and England. One of the earliest known English bearers of this surname was William Urban, a landowner from Worcestershire mentioned in the Subsidy Rolls of 1327.

The Domesday Book, the great survey of England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086, does not contain any direct references to the surname Urbanus, as it primarily recorded landowners and tenants by their given names or places of origin.

Other notable individuals with the surname Urbanus include:

1. Urbanus Curius (c. 1530-1600), a Dutch humanist and scholar known for his Latin translations of ancient Greek texts.
2. Urbanus Rhegius (1489-1541), a German Protestant reformer and colleague of Martin Luther.
3. Urbanus Regius (c. 1390-1437), a German theologian and professor at the University of Ingolstadt.
4. Urbanus Vitellius (c. 1534-1594), a Polish astronomer and mathematician who made significant contributions to the study of celestial mechanics.
5. Urbanus Plancius (1520-1597), a Flemish cartographer and theologian who played a crucial role in the early Dutch exploration of the Arctic regions.

While the surname Urbanus has its roots in medieval Italy, it has since spread to various parts of Europe and beyond, carried by individuals who embraced the urbane lifestyle or hailed from cities and towns.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Urbanus

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Urbanus.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Urbanus was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Urbanus has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Urbanus was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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