Frequency: (461)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. probably Basque (Umaña): variant of Omaña, topographic name from Basque oma ‘scallions seed’.
2. Southern Italian: habitational name from any of various places named with this word, feminine form of umano ‘human’, Latin humanus.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 54%; Italian 14%. Jose (22), Miguel (7), Francisco (6), Juan (6), Pedro (6), Ana (4), Jesus (4), Luis (4), Ricardo (4), Carlos (3); Mario (8), Alvaro (3), Enrico, Massimiliano
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