Umbach

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Umbach is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from place names in Bavaria/Austria.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 35K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 702K
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 125K

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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,300 people, est.

Sources
163 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 35K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from place names in Bavaria/Austria

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Umbach 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 Umbach is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈2,300 est.≈1 in 35K—Umbach89
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈820 est.≈1 in 125K—Umbach1
US United States4741 in 702K474Umbach163
CA Canada≈110 est.≈1 in 332K—Umbach34
GB United Kingdom≈65 est.≈1 in 1M5Umbach9
FI Finland301 in 186K30——
EE Estonia≈5 est.≈1 in 234Klisted—3

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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)

Umbach is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, 4 Orte Bay., Osterr.

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Jonas Umbach, b. 1624Josef Umbach, b. 1888Rolf Umbach, b. 1926Klaus Umbach, b. 1936Arnold Umbach, b. 1942Karl-Heinz Umbach, b. 1944Wolf-Rüdiger Umbach, b. 1945Eberhard Umbach, b. 1948Martin Umbach, b. 1956Frank Umbach, b. 1963

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Umbach
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaSiseministeerium — population register name list 20232023——

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Umbach mean, and where does it come from?
from place names in Bavaria/Austria Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
In which country does Umbach have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Umbach in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled umbach.
How common is the name Umbach?
In the United States, the national register counted 474 people named Umbach in 2010, about 1 in 702 thousand residents.

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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, “Umbach”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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