How common is the surname Maner?

1,896 people in the United States had the surname Maner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,840 Americans. It ranked 15,449th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Maner getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,896 in 2010, down 3.7%.

The surname Maner

A German surname, carried by 1,896 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maner is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German surname Mäner, from Middle High German mener (“cattle driver”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,896 people named Maner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,840 Americans. That is down 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,969.

#15,449

rank among US surnames

1,896

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-3.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,044)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,442	Mealey	1,897	162,755
#15,449	Ivester	1,896	162,840
#15,456	Cadwallader	1,895	162,926

Who is named Maner

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

81% of people named Maner identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maner

Maner has the Soundex code M560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M560.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Maner come from?: From the German surname Mäner, from Middle High German mener (“cattle driver”).
How common is the surname Maner?: 1,896 people in the United States had the surname Maner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,840 Americans. It ranked 15,449th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maner?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Maner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Maner getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,896 in 2010, down 3.7%.