# Emanuel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/emanuel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,517 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,340 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,375 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.7% (6,051 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Emmanuel, borrowed from Spanish and from various other European languages.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Emanuel in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Emanuel in the United States.

## People named Emanuel

- Rahm Emanuel, American politician (born 1959)
- Ari Emanuel, American businessman and CEO of Endeavor
- Kerry Emanuel, American meteorologist
- Ezekiel Emanuel, American physician
- Jordan Emanuel, American model, journalist, philanthropist
- Michale Graves, American singer

## Similar surnames

Emmanuel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.