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    The surname Mangum

    A surname, carried by 9,515 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M525

    Mangum: #3,723 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mangum #3,723, 9,515 people Mangum: #3,723 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mangum #3,723, 9,515 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mangum is more common than 97.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,515 people named Mangum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,448 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,271.

    #3,723
    rank among US surnames
    9,515
    people in 2010
    3.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #3,521)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,715McCune9,54932,333
    #3,716Cable9,54532,346
    #3,717Freed9,54132,360
    #3,718Loveless9,53332,387
    #3,719Wilbur9,52732,407
    #3,720Gracia9,52032,431
    #3,722Ostrander9,51832,438

    Who is named Mangum

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

    70% of people named Mangum identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mangums

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Willie Person Mangum
      American politician (1792-1861)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mangum

    Mangum has the Soundex code M525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M525.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mangum?
    9,515 people in the United States had the surname Mangum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,448 Americans. It ranked 3,723rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mangum?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Mangum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mangum?
    Willie Person Mangum, American politician (1792-1861).
    Where is the surname Mangum most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mangum in the United States.
    Is the surname Mangum getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,271 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,515 in 2010, up 2.6%.