# Emmanuel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/emmanuel/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,864 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,081 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 107,802 people |
| Change since 2000 | +50% (1,906 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɪˈmænjuəl/, 4 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Immanuel.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Emmanuel 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) | 15% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 11% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Emmanuel in the United Kingdom, Australia and Belgium.

## People named Emmanuel

- Nathalie Emmanuel, British actress (born 1989)
- Tommy Emmanuel, Australian guitarist
- François Emmanuel, Belgian writer

## Similar surnames

Emanuel.

## 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.