# Mann (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 83,510 |
| US rank (2010) | 378 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,697 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (81,022 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

As a German surname, from the root of man.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mann 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mann in the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Austria.

## People named Mann

- Leslie Mann, American actress
- Horace Mann, American politician (1796-1859)
- Anthony Mann, American film director (1906–1967)
- Delbert Mann, American television and film director (1920–2007)
- Thomas Mann, American actor (b. 1991)
- Gabriel Mann, American actor and model
- Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter (born 1960)
- Nicole Mann, American astronaut of Estonian origin (born 1977)
- Sally Mann, American photographer (born 1951)
- Terrence Mann, American actor
- Aarti Mann, American actress
- Michael E. Mann, American physicist and climatologist

and 31 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Main, Munn, Mayne, Man, Maine, Manna, Maney, Manno, Mani, Mahn, Mian, Manney.

## 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.