The Umana surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,426 people carried this name — #5,415 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,900 people counted. That is up 63% from 3,947 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 562 people named Umana live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 126
Río Negro 116
Jujuy 86
Mendoza 67
City of Buenos Aires 44
Salta 23
San Juan 23
Neuquén 21

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

23 people named Umana live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 14
Geneva 5
Zurich 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Umana in American newspapers,
1908.

Newspaper page from Cronaca Sovversiva carrying the name Umana
Cronaca Sovversiva 1908-02-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Umana,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mario Umana
    Mario Umana 1914–2005 · politician
  • Pasquale Umana 1825–1887 · physician
  • Eduardo Umaña 1945–2000 · association football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Umana,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States30 records

30 records of the Umana name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 3
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ralph Umana

    Born 1910 in New York. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Jay Governors Island, from New York County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1973, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Teresa Umana

    Arrived at New York in 1906 aboard the Napolitan Prince from Naples and Palermo, aged 16; housekeeper. From Grammichele, Catania, Italy; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Mario E. Umana

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1955, died 2000; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Umana in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Umana name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Agripino Umana

    Arrived in Victoria in 1922 aboard the Re Ditalia, aged 26.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Concetta Umana

    Of Coburg East, Victoria; died 1986.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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Surnames next to Umana.

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