# Manna (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/manna/  
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 Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,437 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,466 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 89,830 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (2,801 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Manna. Possible etymologies include the feminine form of Manno, or a nickname or metonym based on manna (sense 1).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Manna 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 7.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Manna in the United States.

## People named Manna

- Zohar Manna, American-Israeli computer scientist
- Stevie Richards, American professional wrestler and podcaster

## Similar surnames

Mann, Main, Man, Manno, Mani, Mahn, Manney, Maina, Manu, Manne, Many, Mahan.

## 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.