Umár

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Umár is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Omar. See also Umari.

rarermore common
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 16M(inferred from the name graph)
  • GYGuyana1 in 21K
  • SESweden1 in 24K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

3,107 people, 2020

Sources
167 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Umar in NG Nigeria, US United States, ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Omar. See also Umari.

Sources 8

  • Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • Wiktionary
  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Attested across 31 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Umár counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Umár is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—3,1071 in 107K3.1KUmar125
ES Spain—6231 in 80K623Umar15
SE Sweden—4311 in 24K431—10
PL Poland—2431 in 158K243——
NO Norway—2061 in 27K694—6
DK Denmark—1481 in 40K148——
GY Guyana—361 in 21K36——
NG Nigeria#355≈14 est.≈1 in 16M—Umar66

3,107 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Umár is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name30 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, India, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Umar, Umàr, 'Umar, Umåř, Ůmäŗ

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Umár under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Umár mean, and where does it come from?
From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Omar. See also Umari. Recorded by Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names and 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples) and 6 other sources.
Is Umár a male or female name?
Umár is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Umár have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 3.1 thousand people named Umár, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled umar.
Where is Umár most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Umár is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 21 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Umár?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,107 people named Umár in 2020, about 1 in 107 thousand residents.
How common is Umár compared with other names?
In Nigeria, Umár is the 355th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Umár” — the 355th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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