# Man (surname)

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

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,010 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,266 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 76,994 people |
| Change since 2000 | -9.4% (4,425 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Cantonese 文 (man⁴).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Man 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) | 22% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 67% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Man in the United States.

## People named Man

- Chella Man, American YouTuber, actor, model, artist, and LGBTQ activist

## Similar surnames

Mann, Main, Mayne, Maine, Manna, Maney, Manno, Mauney, Mani, Meaney, Mahn, Mian.

## 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.