# Manton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/manton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 869 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,678 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 355,288 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (858 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Menton |

## Etymology

Various origins: * In general, from Old English ġemǣne (“common, shared”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). * In the case of the village in Lincolnshire, from Old English mealm (“sand, chalk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). * The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Manntáin (“descendant of Manntán”), a nickname derived from a diminutive of mantach (“toothless”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Manton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Manton in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

## People named Manton

- Irene Manton, British botanist (1904-1988)
- Garth Manton, Australian rower (1929–2024)

## Similar surnames

Minton, Montanez, Montanaro, Montano, Montenegro, Mendenhall, Montemayor, Montana, Mendonca, Mountain, Munden.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.