Dhumal

surname · Latin script

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

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

Dhumal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Marathi धुमाळ (dhumāḷ).

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 8.4M(measured from records)
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 265K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 2.9M

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.

India (measured from records)

158 people

Sources
133 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 265K (inferred from the name graph)

United Arab Emirates, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Marathi धुमाळ (dhumāḷ).

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dhumal 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 Dhumal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India1581 in 8.4M158Dhumal133
US United States≈87 est.≈1 in 3.8MlistedDhumal74
AE United Arab Emirates≈38 est.≈1 in 265K—Dhumal6
GB United Kingdom≈22 est.≈1 in 2.9M—Dhumal19
CA Canada≈10 est.≈1 in 3.8M—Dhumal5

158 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile 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)

Dhumal 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 English, A surname from Marathi.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalआदरणीय Dhumal जी,Respected Dhumal ji, (English)
Informalनमस्ते Dhumal जी,Hi Dhumal, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Dhumal
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—158#20,860
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—49#1,476
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Dhumal mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Marathi धुमाळ (dhumāḷ). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Dhumal?
A machine transcription gives /dhəməɫ/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Dhumal have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 158 people named Dhumal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dhumal.
How common is the name Dhumal?
In India, the national register counted 158 people named Dhumal, about 1 in 8.4 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, “Dhumal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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