How common is the surname Mann?

83,510 people in the United States had the surname Mann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,697 Americans. It ranked 378th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mann?

Leslie Mann, American actress, followed by Horace Mann.

Where is the surname Mann most common?

Wikidata records people named Mann in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.

Is the surname Mann getting more or less common?

More common. 81,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 83,510 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Mann

A German surname, carried by 83,510 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mann is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

As a German surname, from the root of man.

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 83,510 people named Mann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,697 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 81,022.

#378

rank among US surnames

83,510

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #349)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#369	Lyons	84,516	3,653
#370	Pham	84,320	3,662
#371	Graves	84,179	3,668
#372	Bush	84,018	3,675
#373	Thornton	83,967	3,677
#374	Wolfe	83,928	3,679
#375	Warner	83,781	3,685

Who is named Mann

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

80% of people named Mann identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Manns

43 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leslie Mann
American actress, born 1972
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, born 1972
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, born 1951
Aarti Mann
American actress, born 1978
Michael E. Mann
American physicist and climatologist, born 1965

Notable Manns come mostly from the United States (40), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mann

Mann has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mann come from?: As a German surname, from the root of man.
How common is the surname Mann?: 83,510 people in the United States had the surname Mann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,697 Americans. It ranked 378th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mann?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Mann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mann?: Leslie Mann, American actress, followed by Horace Mann.
Where is the surname Mann most common?: Wikidata records people named Mann in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
Is the surname Mann getting more or less common?: More common. 81,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 83,510 in 2010, up 3.1%.