How common is the surname Manor?

3,432 people in the United States had the surname Manor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,961 Americans. It ranked 9,479th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Manor?

Manor is /ˈmeɪnɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Manor getting more or less common?

More common. 3,138 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,432 in 2010, up 9.4%.

The surname Manor

A surname, carried by 3,432 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmeɪnɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex M560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Manor is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

English surname, variant of Mayner, of Norman origin, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) + *harjaz (“army”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,432 people named Manor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,961 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,138.

#9,479

rank among US surnames

3,432

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+9.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,502)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,471	Spradley	3,434	89,908
#9,473	Scalf	3,433	89,935
#9,479	Umanzor	3,432	89,961
#9,483	Lundin	3,431	89,987
#9,484	Holleman	3,430	90,013
#9,486	Brathwaite	3,429	90,040
#9,488	Schirmer	3,428	90,066

Who is named Manor

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

74% of people named Manor identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Manor

Manor has the Soundex code M560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M560.

Questions

Where does the surname Manor come from?: English surname, variant of Mayner, of Norman origin, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) + *harjaz (“army”).
How common is the surname Manor?: 3,432 people in the United States had the surname Manor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,961 Americans. It ranked 9,479th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Manor?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Manor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Manor?: Manor is /ˈmeɪnɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Manor getting more or less common?: More common. 3,138 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,432 in 2010, up 9.4%.