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    The surname Manthey

    A German surname, carried by 2,177 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M530

    Manthey: #13,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Manthey #13,874, 2,177 people Manthey: #13,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Manthey #13,874, 2,177 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Manthey is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Manthey.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,177 people named Manthey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,822 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,036.

    #13,874
    rank among US surnames
    2,177
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,665)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,867Flock2,179141,691
    #13,871Seman2,178141,756
    #13,874Hymes2,177141,822
    #13,883Vandenheuvel2,176141,887

    Who is named Manthey

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

    95% of people named Manthey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mantheys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jerri Manthey
      American reality television contestant, born 1970

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Mantey

    Surnames that sound like Manthey

    Manthey has the Soundex code M530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M530.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Manthey come from?
    Borrowed from German Manthey.
    How common is the surname Manthey?
    2,177 people in the United States had the surname Manthey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,822 Americans. It ranked 13,874th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Manthey?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Manthey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Manthey?
    Jerri Manthey, American reality television contestant.
    Where is the surname Manthey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Manthey in the United States.
    Is the surname Manthey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,177 in 2010, up 6.9%.
    What are other spellings of Manthey?
    Mantey.