Umar is used as a family name or surname in Pakistan. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Umar
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Pakistan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Umar

How popular is Umar?

Umar is common in Pakistan.

Umar is ranked 960 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Umars grew by 81.45364 per cent to 724 since 2000 and ranked 31873 after elevating 17598 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 46.69 38.35
Black 28.73 21.55
White 13.95 23.56
Hispanic or Latino 4.7 5.26
Others 4.56 9.27
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.38 2.01
Umar is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Maldives is ahead in terms of density. Around 550699 people have been found who wears Umar as their family name. Umar is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,615 Sudan5
1,632 South Korea5
381,097 Ukraine4
8,926 Cameroon3
1,851 Togo3
3,519 Benin3
427 Somalia2
3,670 Mozambique2
19,046 Ireland2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
2,835 Libya2
568 The Gambia2
6,977 Tajikistan2
50,640 Switzerland2
3,940 Ethiopia2
26,532 Chile2
2,744 Rwanda2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
2,151 Fiji2
1,572 Macau1
3,275 Nepal1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
42,479 Greece1
12,270 Lebanon1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
7,847 Albania1
14,373 Jordan1
29,046 Japan1
2,040 Mali1
56,169 Mexico1
2,078 Lesotho1
591 Samoa1
11,486 Estonia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
734 Chad1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
3,214 Niger1
8,181 Botswana1
5,872 Namibia1
7,790 Zambia1
2,196 Liberia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
38,830 Morocco1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
43,851 Netherlands44
2,337 Cyprus43
13,773 Denmark39
227,902 Russia37
3,226 Guyana27
18,889 New Zealand26
52,530 Belgium22
4,647 Thailand21
2,892 China15
12,285 Burkina Faso15
70,910 Zimbabwe11
5,118 Senegal11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
8,372 Norway92
2,922 Mauritius91
50,444 Argentina90
40,500 Tanzania85
9,278 Kyrgyzstan84
14,205 Sweden65
11,009 Finland60
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Umar:
28 Maldives907
35,040 United States819
3,059 Sri Lanka783
872 Oman619
9,056 Kenya549
20,699 Germany504
13,663 South Africa457
1,073 Kuwait348
11,234 Uzbekistan303
833 Qatar282
39,199 Philippines258
14,747 Canada254
28,734 Poland191
60,164 Brazil159
66,174 France147
2,531 Singapore142
295 Brunei139
22,048 Spain130
1,401 Bahrain110
23,410 Australia104
394 Iceland101
Countries with thousands of Umar:
553 Ghana7,109
586 Afghanistan5,378
705 Malaysia4,932
1,355 Uganda4,668
803 Saudi Arabia4,502
2,488 Bangladesh3,781
1,613 Iraq2,659
3,773 Turkey2,585
3,928 England1,920
4,307 Egypt1,634
2,016 Malawi1,467
730 United Arab Emirates1,399
Countries with ten thousands of Umar:
200 Indonesia68,558
1,146 India53,390
Countries with hundred thousands of Umar:
85 Nigeria203,882
199 Pakistan174,378
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Umar Namesakes

  • Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Politician
  • Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Author
  • Dangiwa Umar, Polit.
  • Abubakar Umar Tutare, Politician
  • Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi of Borno, Ruler
  • Hafsa bint Umar, Muhammad's wife
  • Razali Umar Kandasamy, Soccer player
  • Akram Umarov, Soccer player
  • Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, Politician
  • Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi of Borno, Ruler
  • In 2017, Aquino Umar played the role of Gita in drama film Duka Sedalam Cinta.

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