Explore the Family Name Urbach

The meaning of Urbach

1. German: habitational name from any of numerous places called Urbach. 2. Czech and German: from a derivative of the personal name Urban. 3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Auerbach. Some characteristic forenames: German Gunther, Kurt, Ralf.

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How common is the last name Urbach in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Urbach has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Urbach ranked 24,701st in popularity among all US surnames and dropped slightly to 25,083rd place by 2010, indicating a marginal change of -1.55%. Despite this drop in rank, there was actually an increase in the number of people with the Urbach surname during this period, from 947 in 2000 to 990 in 2010, marking a 4.54% growth. However, its proportion per 100,000 people slightly decreased by -2.86%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,701	#25,083	-1.55%
Count	947	990	4.54%
Proportion per 100k	0.35	0.34	-2.86%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Urbach

The ethnic identity associated with the Urbach surname also shifted between 2000 and 2010 as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White in both years, though there was a small decrease from 96.20% in 2000 to 94.14% in 2010. During the same period, the Hispanic representation amongst Urbachs nearly doubled from 1.37% to 2.73%, while those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native saw an even more significant rise from 0.63% to 1.72%. The percentage of Urbachs identifying with two or more races decreased by 38.51%. It should be noted that no Urbachs identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.2%	94.14%	-2.14%
Hispanic	1.37%	2.73%	99.27%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.63%	1.72%	173.02%
Two or More Races	1.48%	0.91%	-38.51%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%