Umal
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Umal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- USUnited States≈1 in 1.5M(inferred from the name graph)
- EEEstonia≈1 in 37K
- JMJamaica≈1 in 215K
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 17 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)
≈290 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Umal 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 372K | — | Umal | 12 |
| IN India | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 4.7M | 2 | — | 8 |
| US United States | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Umal | 17 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈61 est. | ≈1 in 3.5M | — | Umal | 7 |
| IT Italy | ≈45 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Umal | 1 |
| EE Estonia | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 37K | 40 | — | 4 |
| CA Canada | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Umal | 4 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 215K | — | Umal | 1 |
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: naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); the ee-stat-nimed 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)
Umal is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In duo, mute person; someone who does not speak at all or has difficulty speaking
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Cebuano, a piece of land depleted of minerals due to agriculture
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, second-person singular imperative of umalić
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bzq, blockhead, stupid person
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In sga, humble; obedient
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 40 | #2,536 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 39 | #2,622 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 24 | #69,153 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 5 | #3,331 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 4 | #43,496 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Umal have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 293 people named Umal in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled umal.
- How common is the name Umal?
- Mondonomo estimates about 290 people in the Philippines have Umal as their first surname, about 1 in 372 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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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, “Umal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.