How common is the surname Manuel?

27,529 people in the United States had the surname Manuel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,215 Americans. It ranked 1,277th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Manuel?

Simone Manuel, American swimmer, followed by Garry Manuel.

Where is the surname Manuel most common?

Wikidata records people named Manuel in the United States, Angola and Australia.

How do you pronounce Manuel?

Manuel is /mɑnˈwɛl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Manuel getting more or less common?

More common. 24,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,529 in 2010, up 14%.

Is Manuel also a first name?

Yes. Manuel 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 Manuel

A Spanish surname, carried by 27,529 people in the United States.

Pronounced /mɑnˈwɛl/ 2 syllables Soundex M540 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). Manuel is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Manuel, short for Emanuel.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 27,529 people named Manuel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,215 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,227.

#1,277

rank among US surnames

27,529

people in 2010

9.3

per 100,000 Americans

+13.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,337)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,268	Denton	27,742	11,129
#1,269	Magee	27,720	11,138
#1,270	Jamison	27,697	11,147
#1,271	Lyon	27,690	11,150
#1,272	Locke	27,643	11,169
#1,273	Puckett	27,627	11,175
#1,274	Coronado	27,626	11,176

Who is named Manuel

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

40% of people named Manuel identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 40%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5%
Two or more races 3.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Manuels

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Simone Manuel
American swimmer, born 1996
Garry Manuel
Australian soccer player, born 1950
Nadir Manuel
Angolan basketball player (born 1986)
EJ Manuel
American football player (born 1990)
Pedro Fernando
Angolan rapper, born 1998

Notable Manuels come mostly from the United States (2), Angola (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Manuel

Manuel has the Soundex code M540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M540.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Manuel come from?: Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Manuel, short for Emanuel.
How common is the surname Manuel?: 27,529 people in the United States had the surname Manuel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,215 Americans. It ranked 1,277th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Manuel?: In the 2010 Census, 40% of people named Manuel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Manuel?: Simone Manuel, American swimmer, followed by Garry Manuel.
Where is the surname Manuel most common?: Wikidata records people named Manuel in the United States, Angola and Australia.
How do you pronounce Manuel?: Manuel is /mɑnˈwɛl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Manuel getting more or less common?: More common. 24,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,529 in 2010, up 14%.
Is Manuel also a first name?: Yes. Manuel 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.