Do you know what are the roots of the last name "Urban" where does it

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Do you know what are the roots of the last name "Urban" where does it comes from?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The word urban comes from the Latin word urbanns, which is a derivative of urbs 'city' (a word of unknown origin.) It was preceded into English by urbane, which is essentially the same word, but came via Old French urbaine. It was originally used as urban is now, but after urban arrived it gradually took the metaphorical path to 'smooth, sophisticated'. Urbane meant having the manners thought to be characteristic of townspeople: courteous, refined and elegant. This definition was first recorded in 1623 in Cockeram's Dictionary.