How common is the surname Mancha?

3,248 people in the United States had the surname Mancha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,057 Americans. It ranked 9,932nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mancha getting more or less common?

More common. 2,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,248 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Mancha

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,248 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mancha is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Mancha; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,248 people named Mancha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,057 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,783.

#9,932

rank among US surnames

3,248

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+16.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,578)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,923	Guay	3,255	94,853
#9,924	Lagos	3,254	94,882
#9,925	Krone	3,253	94,911
#9,927	Wightman	3,252	94,940
#9,928	Srivastava	3,251	94,969
#9,929	Eiland	3,250	94,999
#9,931	Tso	3,249	95,028

Who is named Mancha

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

89% of people named Mancha identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Two or more races 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mancha

Mancha has the Soundex code M520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M520.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mancha come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Mancha; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
How common is the surname Mancha?: 3,248 people in the United States had the surname Mancha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,057 Americans. It ranked 9,932nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mancha?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Mancha identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mancha getting more or less common?: More common. 2,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,248 in 2010, up 17%.