Surname Urban in modern Croatia

Urban families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo , rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Urban live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Strizivojna in Djakovo area (35), Rijeka (15), Osijek (15), and in Nova Gradiska (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Urban (including: Hurban , Urbahn , Úerban , Urbán , Urbaan and Urbann ) is present in 110 countries worldwide. The family name "Urban " is used by some 50000 people in Germany , about 40000 in the United States , and some 40000 people in Poland. "Urbahn " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 80 in New Zealand , and some 70 people in the United States. "Hurban " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Slovakia , and some 60 people in Uganda.

Characteristic first names

Damir Urban, Ivica Urban, Zdravko Urban, Nenad Urban, Vladimir Urban, Danko Urban, Rene Urban, Tomislav Urban, Marica Urban, Marko Urban, Michael Urban, Božica Urban, Branimir Urban, Viktor Urban, Bernardica Urban, Stevo Urban, Darko Urban, Siniša Urban, Adrijana Urban

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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