# Manchester (surname)

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

An English and Scottish surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,182 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,538 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,580 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (5,078 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English Mameċeaster, from the original Brythonic name represented by Imperial Latin Mamucium (maybe from a word related to Proto-Brythonic *mamm (“mother; female animal; womb”), in reference to a breast-shaped hill) and Old English ċeaster (“Roman fort”), from Latin castra (“camp”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Manchester 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Manchester in the United States.

## People named Manchester

- Melissa Manchester, American singer and actress
- William Manchester, American author, journalist and historian (1922–2004)
- Jeffrey Manchester, American criminal

## Similar surnames

Mancuso, Manges, Meneses, Menchaca, Mangus, Menzies, Menezes, Menges, Mingus, Mankowski, Mankiewicz.

## 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.