How common is the surname Manchester?

5,182 people in the United States had the surname Manchester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,580 Americans. It ranked 6,538th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Manchester?

Melissa Manchester, American singer and actress, followed by William Manchester.

Where is the surname Manchester most common?

Wikidata records people named Manchester in the United States.

How do you pronounce Manchester?

Manchester is /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Manchester getting more or less common?

More common. 5,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,182 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Manchester

A Latin surname, carried by 5,182 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/ 3 syllables Soundex M522

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Manchester is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

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”).

One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,182 people named Manchester in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,580 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,078.

#6,538

rank among US surnames

5,182

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #6,205)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,531	Mallon	5,188	59,511
#6,532	Hafner	5,187	59,523
#6,535	Lander	5,186	59,534
#6,538	Manchester	5,182	59,580
#6,539	Milian	5,181	59,592
#6,540	Delosreyes	5,177	59,638

Who is named Manchester

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

92% of people named Manchester identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Manchesters

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Melissa Manchester
American singer and actress, born 1951
William Manchester
American author, journalist and historian (1922–2004)
Jeffrey Manchester
American criminal, born 1971

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Manchester

Manchester has the Soundex code M522, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M522.

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Manchester come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Manchester?: 5,182 people in the United States had the surname Manchester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,580 Americans. It ranked 6,538th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Manchester?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Manchester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Manchester?: Melissa Manchester, American singer and actress, followed by William Manchester.
Where is the surname Manchester most common?: Wikidata records people named Manchester in the United States.
How do you pronounce Manchester?: Manchester is /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Manchester getting more or less common?: More common. 5,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,182 in 2010, up 2.0%.