Czech surnames
Urbánek: what the name means
Urbánek means “little Urban”.
In January 2017, 7,360 people in Czechia were named Urbánek or Urbánková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha555
- Around Brno550
- Around Ostrava288
- Around Hustopeče244
- Around Tišnov155
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
In America the name was often written without the Czech accents, so family papers may say Urbanek.
To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.
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Questions
What does the surname Urbánek mean?
Urbánek means “little Urban”.
How many people are called Urbánek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 7,360 people in Czechia were named Urbánek or Urbánková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Urbánek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (555), Brno (550), Ostrava (288).