Cymbal

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the li

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

/sɪmbəl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Cymbal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 223K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 2.6M
  • PLPoland1 in 4.8M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

127 people, 2010

Sources
11 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 223K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Cymbál in CZ Czechia.

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)

A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cymbal 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 Cymbal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1271 in 2.6M127Cymbal11
CZ Czechia481 in 223K48Cymbál4
PL Poland81 in 4.8M5——

127 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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)

Cymbal is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cymbál

  • Hebrew surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States

    Also written סימבל, Temples

20 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Cymbal,
InformalHi Cymbal,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Cymbal
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010127#133,048
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000122#128,797
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020115#145,757
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20265—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—5#193,127
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20263—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—3#256,190
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—1#257,719
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—1#28,119
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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 Cymbal mean, and where does it come from?
A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the li… Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Cymbal?
A machine transcription gives /sɪmbəl/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Cymbal have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 127 people named Cymbal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cymbal.
Where is Cymbal most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Cymbal is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 223 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Cymbal?
In the United States, the national register counted 127 people named Cymbal in 2010, about 1 in 2.6 million 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, “Cymbal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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