How common is the surname Mansour?

6,291 people in the United States had the surname Mansour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,077 Americans. It ranked 5,525th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mansour?

Akhtar Mansour, 2nd leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Where is the surname Mansour most common?

Wikidata records people named Mansour in Islamic State of Afghanistan.

Is the surname Mansour getting more or less common?

More common. 4,835 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,291 in 2010, up 30%.

Is Mansour also a first name?

Yes. Mansour is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Mansour

An Arabic patronymic surname, carried by 6,291 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M526 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mansour is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْصُور (manṣūr).

Mansour is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,291 people named Mansour in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,077 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,835.

#5,525

rank among US surnames

6,291

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+30.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,477)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,520	Halvorson	6,298	49,023
#5,521	Speck	6,297	49,031
#5,522	Hodson	6,296	49,038
#5,525	Tinker	6,291	49,077
#5,529	Carrigan	6,290	49,085

Who is named Mansour

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

88% of people named Mansour identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as two or more races and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Two or more races 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mansours

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Akhtar Mansour
2nd leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, 1968–2016

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Mansouri
Manzoor
Mansur

Surnames that sound like Mansour

Mansour has the Soundex code M526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M526.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mansour come from?: Borrowed from Arabic مَنْصُور (manṣūr).
How common is the surname Mansour?: 6,291 people in the United States had the surname Mansour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,077 Americans. It ranked 5,525th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mansour?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Mansour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Mansour?: Akhtar Mansour, 2nd leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Where is the surname Mansour most common?: Wikidata records people named Mansour in Islamic State of Afghanistan.
What type of surname is Mansour?: Mansour is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Mansour getting more or less common?: More common. 4,835 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,291 in 2010, up 30%.
What are other spellings of Mansour?: Mansouri, Manzoor and Mansur.
Is Mansour also a first name?: Yes. Mansour is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.