Ursal

surname · Latin script

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

Ursal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: The ursine seal or sea bear, better known as the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 18K(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 164K
  • IEIreland≈1 in 353K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,000 people, est.

Sources
43 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

The ursine seal or sea bear, better known as the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ursal 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 Ursal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈6,000 est.≈1 in 18K—Ursal43
ID Indonesia≈1,600 est.≈1 in 164K—Ursal8
IN India≈870 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Ursal3
US United States≈44 est.≈1 in 7.6M—Ursal42
CO Colombia≈18 est.≈1 in 2.7M—Ursal2
PL Poland161 in 2.4M9——
IE Ireland≈15 est.≈1 in 353K—Ursal2

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: 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)

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

  • Ukrainian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, United States, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Polish

    Also written Урсал

  • Croatian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines

    Also written Uršal

26 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ursal 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 Portuguese, A Soviet Union-like organization claimed to be formed by Latin American countries.

    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 4 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Ursal
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20269—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—9#147,549
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20267—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—7#172,645

Reference works 1

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 Ursal mean, and where does it come from?
The ursine seal or sea bear, better known as the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Ursal have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.0 thousand people named Ursal in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ursal.
How common is the name Ursal?
In Poland, the national register counted 16 people named Ursal in 2026, about 1 in 2.4 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, “Ursal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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