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    The surname Manso

    A surname, carried by 1,219 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Manso is more common than 86.8% of them.

    Origin

    From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from manso (“tame, mild”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,219 people named Manso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,278 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 958.

    #21,439
    rank among US surnames
    1,219
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.2%
    change since 2000 (was #24,471)

    Who is named Manso

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

    72% of people named Manso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 72%
    • White (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Mansos

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Juana Paula Manso
      Argentine writer (1819-1875)
    • Damián Manso
      Argentine footballer, born 1979

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Manso

    Manso has the Soundex code M520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M520.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Manso come from?
    From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from manso (“tame, mild”).
    How common is the surname Manso?
    1,219 people in the United States had the surname Manso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,278 Americans. It ranked 21,439th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Manso?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Manso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Manso?
    Juana Paula Manso, Argentine writer (1819-1875), followed by Damián Manso.
    Where is the surname Manso most common?
    Wikidata records people named Manso in Argentina.
    Is the surname Manso getting more or less common?
    More common. 958 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,219 in 2010, up 27%.