Oman

loc · Arabic · Latin script

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

Oman is a name, most frequently recorded in Oman. It appears chiefly in Arabic and Hindi, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: (i) a different form of Hammond; (ii) anglicization of Swedish Oman, an invented name meaning literally ‘island-man’.

rarermore common
  • OMOman1 in 28◐
  • USUnited States1 in 184K
  • GYGuyana1 in 4.1K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈2.1K ●

across 6 countries

Sources
258 ●

46K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 4.1K ◐

Guyana

Spellings & scripts●

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Oma in US United States, AR Argentina, MX Mexico and 7 more, Öman in SE Sweden and Uman in NG Nigeria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

(i) a different form of Hammond; (ii) anglicization of Swedish Oman, an invented name meaning literally ‘island-man’

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Oman is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
OM Oman66,0422K rec.——Oman29
US United States1,81232K rec.1 in 184K3.2KOma258
SY Syria94324 rec.——Oman7
EG Egypt67246 rec.——Oman10
AR Argentina642450 rec.—12Oma29
MX Mexico341783 rec.—1Oma39
NG Nigeria243509 rec.——Uman17
IN India195325 rec.—21Oma16
SA Saudi Arabia19227 rec.——Oman11
GY Guyana181△5 rec.1 in 4.1K181—3
CO Colombia149184 rec.——Oma16
SD Sudan975 rec.——Oman5

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Arabic68K25%
  • Hindi1.7K1%
  • Urdu2501%
  • English1421%
  • Bangla1181%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Arabic68,17225%
Hindi1,7421%
Urdu2501%
English1421%
Bangla1181%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Oman is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi name4.0K records spelled Oman4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Omañ, Öman

  • Swahili surname2.1K records spelled Oman3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kenya, Philippines, United States, Nigeria

    Also written Omani, Öman

  • Bangla given name1.2K records spelled Oman11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh, India, United States, Malaysia

    Also written Uman, ওমান, Öman, Omàn, Umañ

  • a separate name1.1K records spelled Oman3 spellings in the group

    Also written Öman, Omán

  • a separate name734 records spelled Oman3 spellings in the group

    Also written Óman, Öman

  • Finnish surname540 records spelled Oman9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Finland

    Also written Öman, Omaan, Õman, Omañ

45 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●

Oman 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 English, Orkney and Shetland name, from ON Harmmdr ‘high protector’ or Ámundi ‘great-grandfather-protector’; first attested Leuric Omundi filius c1095 Bury (Sf)

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

  • In English, Scottish name from Old Norse Amund, possibly Hámundr ‘great gift’; recorded in 1546 as Edduard Homondsone.

    as a nameScottish Surnames

  • life giving; protection; favour; friend; protector

    as a nameThe Penguin book of Hindu names for boys

  • In English, sultanate, Asia; Gulf of, arm of

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In English, Biblical name

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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.

Over time●

05101520194019601980200019 · 1973

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Oman in naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls), India, 1926–2013
Yearrecords
19261
19291
19311
19341
19351
19371
19381
19391
19403
19411
19422
19432
19441
19459
19463
19472
19482
19491
19502
19512
19523
19534
19542
19554
19563
19576
19588
19597
19606
19615
19629
19638
196413
196515
19666
19676
196811
196912
197012
19718
197210
197319
197412
197512
197614
19777
197811
197912
198015
198111
198212
198313
19849
198511
19869
19877
198814
19899
19908
19914
19927
19936
19946
19955
19962
19972
19981
20071
20101
20111
20132

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 71 years between 1926–2013. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

1850190019502000Charles Oman, b. 1860Carola Oman, b. 1897Julia Trevelyan Oman, b. 1930Valentin Oman, b. 1935Miro Oman, b. 1936Ralph Oman, b. 1940Charles P. Oman, b. 1948Chad Oman, b. 1965Irena Oman, b. 1967Ken Oman, b. 1982

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●

Attested in 35 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Oman
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103.2K#10,079
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.2K#9,431
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020203.1K#9,818
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—668#355
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—385#1,438
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020176#39,915
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202674—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—74#37,475
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202668—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—68#40,361
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202144#14,426
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202139—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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 2026-09-12 data build · 200 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Oman?
We estimate roughly 2.1 thousand people bear Oman (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
In which country does Oman have the most bearers?
Oman is most frequently recorded in Oman, where it is most often spelled oman.
What does the name Oman mean?
Recorded meaning: (i) a different form of Hammond; (ii) anglicization of Swedish Oman, an invented name meaning literally ‘island-man’
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Oman”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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