Uzal

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Uzal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Uncertain; possibly derived from a root meaning 'to go away' or 'wanderer', though likely a toponym related to the ancient name of Sana'a.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 48K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ARArgentina1 in 145K
  • UYUruguay1 in 15K

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.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
62 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

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:

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)

Uncertain; possibly derived from a root meaning 'to go away' or 'wanderer', though likely a toponym related to the ancient name of Sana'a.

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Where in the world(measured from records)

Uzal 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 Uzal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye≈1,700 est.≈1 in 48K—Uzal37
ES Spain8041 in 62K804Uzal62
AR Argentina3141 in 145K314Uzal42
UY Uruguay2231 in 15K223Uzal19
BR Brazil401 in 5.3M40Uzal25
FI Finland311 in 180K31—2

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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)

Uzal is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Üzal, Uezal

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Türkiye, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Üzal

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ūzal, Üzal

  • Indonesian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Üzal

31 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)

Uzal is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • He represents a specific branch of the Semitic peoples, localizing the genealogy of Noah's descendants to the Southern Arabian region.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • In English, Biblical name

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In Polish, synonym of skarga

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

  • In Galician, heathland

    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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Uzal
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—804#5,371
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—804#5,370
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—314—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—223—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—40#122,472
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—31#34,297

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Uzal mean, and where does it come from?
Uncertain; possibly derived from a root meaning 'to go away' or 'wanderer', though likely a toponym related to the ancient name of Sana'a. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
In which country does Uzal have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Uzal in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled uzal.
Where is Uzal most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Uzal is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 15 thousand people — even though Türkiye holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Uzal?
In Spain, the national register counted 804 people named Uzal, about 1 in 62 thousand 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, “Uzal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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