How common is the surname Emmanuel?

2,864 people in the United States had the surname Emmanuel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,802 Americans. It ranked 11,081st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Emmanuel?

Nathalie Emmanuel, British actress (born 1989), followed by Tommy Emmanuel.

Where is the surname Emmanuel most common?

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

How do you pronounce Emmanuel?

Emmanuel is /ɪˈmænjuəl/, 4 syllables.

Is the surname Emmanuel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,864 in 2010, up 50%.

Is Emmanuel also a first name?

Yes. Emmanuel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Emmanuel

A surname, carried by 2,864 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɪˈmænjuəl/ 4 syllables Soundex E554 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Emmanuel is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

Variant of Immanuel.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,864 people named Emmanuel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,802 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,906.

#11,081

rank among US surnames

2,864

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+50.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,395)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,076	Kiely	2,868	107,652
#11,078	Thielen	2,867	107,689
#11,079	Leber	2,865	107,765
#11,081	Emmanuel	2,864	107,802
#11,086	Mauck	2,863	107,840

Who is named Emmanuel

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

63% of people named Emmanuel identified as Black (not Hispanic), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Black (not Hispanic) 63%
White (not Hispanic) 15%
Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
Two or more races 3.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Emmanuels

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nathalie Emmanuel
British actress (born 1989)
Tommy Emmanuel
Australian guitarist, born 1955
François Emmanuel
Belgian writer, born 1952

Notable Emmanuels come mostly from the United Kingdom (1), Australia (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Emmanuel

Emanuel

Emmanuel has the Soundex code E554, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E554.

Questions

Where does the surname Emmanuel come from?: Variant of Immanuel.
How common is the surname Emmanuel?: 2,864 people in the United States had the surname Emmanuel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,802 Americans. It ranked 11,081st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Emmanuel?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Emmanuel identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Emmanuel?: Nathalie Emmanuel, British actress (born 1989), followed by Tommy Emmanuel.
Where is the surname Emmanuel most common?: Wikidata records people named Emmanuel in the United Kingdom, Australia and Belgium.
How do you pronounce Emmanuel?: Emmanuel is /ɪˈmænjuəl/, 4 syllables.
Is the surname Emmanuel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,864 in 2010, up 50%.
Is Emmanuel also a first name?: Yes. Emmanuel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.