Dumbá

surname · Latin script

Dumbá is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Zimbabwe than in any other country. Recorded meaning: , Rafail (I Div); fratii (Cat gr. I).

rarermore common
  • ZWZimbabwe≈1 in 6.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AOAngola≈1 in 54K
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 540K

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.

Zimbabwe (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,100 people, est.

Sources
35 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Zimbabwe, est.

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 Dumba in BR Brazil, AO Angola, PT Portugal and 3 more.

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)

, Rafail (I Div); fratii (Cat gr. I).

Sources 1

  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dumbá 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 Dumbá is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZW Zimbabwe—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 6.8K—Dumba6
AO Angola#717≈600 est.≈1 in 54K—Dumba13
BR Brazil—2231 in 949K223Dumba35
US United States—≈24 est.≈1 in 14MlistedDumba5
PT Portugal—≈19 est.≈1 in 540K—Dumba5
GB United Kingdom—≈17 est.≈1 in 3.9M—Dumba4

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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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)

Dumbá 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 Dumba

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Dumba

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 Dumbá 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 Dumbá mean, and where does it come from?
, Rafail (I Div); fratii (Cat gr. I). Recorded by Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc.
In which country does Dumbá have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.1 thousand people named Dumbá in Zimbabwe, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dumba.
How common is the name Dumbá?
In Brazil, the national register counted 223 people named Dumbá, about 1 in 949 thousand residents.
How common is Dumbá compared with other names?
In Angola, Dumbá is the 717th most common surname of 23,432 surnames 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, “Dumbá” — the 717th most common surname in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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