# Manning (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/manning/  
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 Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 74,949 |
| US rank (2010) | 434 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,119 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (72,069 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Manning 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

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

## People named Manning

- Chelsea Manning, American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)
- Peyton Manning, American football player (born 1976)
- Taryn Manning, American actress, singer and songwriter
- Eli Manning, American football player (born 1981)
- Madeline Manning, American athletics competitor
- Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (1914–2009)
- Danny Manning, American basketball player and coach
- Daniel Manning, American businessman (1831-1887)
- Irene Manning, actress, singer (1912-2004)
- Nick Manning, American pornographic film actor & director
- Patrick Manning, American rower
- Mike Manning, American actor and model

and 14 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Manansala.

## 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.