How common is the surname Mansell?

3,506 people in the United States had the surname Mansell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,062 Americans. It ranked 9,283rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mansell?

Clint Mansell, British composer and singer, followed by Henry J. Mansell.

Where is the surname Mansell most common?

Wikidata records people named Mansell in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Mansell getting more or less common?

More common. 3,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,506 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Mansell

A French place surname, carried by 3,506 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mansell is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

Habitational surname from Old French Mansel (“someone from Le Mans”).

Mansell is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,506 people named Mansell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,062 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,498.

#9,283

rank among US surnames

3,506

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,650)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,276	Calderone	3,509	87,987
#9,279	Spies	3,508	88,012
#9,281	Tarter	3,507	88,037
#9,283	Creasy	3,506	88,062
#9,286	Clack	3,505	88,087
#9,289	Leboeuf	3,504	88,112

Who is named Mansell

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

86% of people named Mansell identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mansells

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clint Mansell
British composer and singer, born 1963
Henry J. Mansell
American Roman-Catholic archbishop, 1937–2026

Notable Mansells come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Mansel

Surnames that sound like Mansell

Mansell has the Soundex code M524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M524.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mansell come from?: Habitational surname from Old French Mansel (“someone from Le Mans”).
How common is the surname Mansell?: 3,506 people in the United States had the surname Mansell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,062 Americans. It ranked 9,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mansell?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Mansell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mansell?: Clint Mansell, British composer and singer, followed by Henry J. Mansell.
Where is the surname Mansell most common?: Wikidata records people named Mansell in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is Mansell?: Mansell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Mansell getting more or less common?: More common. 3,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,506 in 2010, up 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Mansell?: Mansel.