How common is the surname Manus?

2,635 people in the United States had the surname Manus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,171 Americans. It ranked 11,882nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Manus getting more or less common?

More common. 2,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,635 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Manus

An Irish surname, carried by 2,635 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Manus is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Shortened form of McManus.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,635 people named Manus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,171 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,561.

#11,882

rank among US surnames

2,635

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,321)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,874	Bousquet	2,637	117,082
#11,877	Gove	2,636	117,127
#11,882	Erikson	2,635	117,171
#11,886	Burse	2,634	117,215
#11,890	Defrancisco	2,633	117,260

Who is named Manus

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

81% of people named Manus identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 3.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Manus

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Manus come from?: Shortened form of McManus.
How common is the surname Manus?: 2,635 people in the United States had the surname Manus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,171 Americans. It ranked 11,882nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Manus?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Manus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Manus getting more or less common?: More common. 2,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,635 in 2010, up 2.9%.