Urbain
surname · Latin script
Meaning: du nom latin Urbanus, de urbanus « de la ville, urbain »
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/yʁbɛ̃/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Urbain is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- BEBelgium
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
du nom latin Urbanus, de urbanus « de la ville, urbain »
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Urbain is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Du latin Urbanus, « de la ville, urbain ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Du latin Urbanus, « urbain ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ismael Urbainb. 1812FRFrench journalist (1812–1884)
- Georges Urbainb. 1872FRFrench chemist, painter, sculptor and composer (1872–1938)
- Alexandre Urbainb. 1875FRFrench painter
- Achille Urbainb. 1884FRFrench zoologist (1884–1957)
- Pierre Urbainb. 1895FRFrench hydrologist and climatologist
- Jacques Urbainb. 1923CHSwiss writer and poet
- Robert Urbainb. 1930BEBelgian politician (1930–2018)
- Jimmy Urbainb. 1943FRFrench actor
- Jacques Urbainb. 1943BEscientist, professor (1943-2018)
- Jean-Didier Urbainb. 1951FRFrench writer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 37 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2.6K | #358 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 2.2K | #407 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 388 | #56,803 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 382 | #54,055 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 373 | #52,289 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 251 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 27 | #68,681 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 27 | #67,696 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 22 | #85,116 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 7 | #79,838 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 3 | #83,879 |
| HT Haiti | Potomitan — Noms et prénoms haïtiens (Haitian name lexicon) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Urbain?
- A machine transcription gives /yʁbɛ̃/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Urbain mean?
- Recorded meaning: du nom latin Urbanus, de urbanus « de la ville, urbain »
- What are other forms of the name Urbain?
- In the etymology graph, Urbano, Urbonas and Orbán are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Urbain have the most bearers?
- Urbain is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Urbain”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.