# Mandala (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 588 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,792 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 525,077 people |
| Change since 2000 | +28% (459 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Mandalà, a surname predominantly found in Sicily. * Borrowed from Telugu మండల (maṇḍala), a surname predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mandala 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) | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 24% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mandala in the Kingdom of Italy.

## People named Mandala

- Kristina Gentile Mandala, Arbëresh writer from Italy.

## Similar surnames

Mandel, Mandell, Mantle, Mantel, Mandelbaum, Montalvo, Montiel, Mendiola, Montelongo, Monteleone, Montalbano, Mundell.

## 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.