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    The surname Manalo

    A Tagalog surname, carried by 3,571 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M540

    Manalo: #9,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Manalo #9,139, 3,571 people Manalo: #9,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Manalo #9,139, 3,571 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Manalo is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    Tagalog origin

    Transliteration of Tagalog Manalo.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,571 people named Manalo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,459 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,462.

    #9,139
    rank among US surnames
    3,571
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45%
    change since 2000 (was #11,677)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,135McCusker3,57486,387
    #9,137Murtha3,57386,411
    #9,138Rupe3,57286,435
    #9,139Manalo3,57186,459
    #9,141Mishler3,56986,508

    Who is named Manalo

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

    80% of people named Manalo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.7% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Two or more races 5.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Manalo

    Manalo has the Soundex code M540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M540.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Manalo come from?
    Transliteration of Tagalog Manalo.
    How common is the surname Manalo?
    3,571 people in the United States had the surname Manalo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,459 Americans. It ranked 9,139th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Manalo?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Manalo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Manalo getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,462 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,571 in 2010, up 45%.