# McManus (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,909 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,498 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,913 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (22,903 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Manus |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Mághnais (“son of Magnus”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McManus 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) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McManus in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named McManus

- Michaela McManus, American actress
- George McManus, American cartoonist (1884-1954)
- Jim McManus, British actor
- Rove McManus, Australian comedian and television host
- Don McManus, American actor
- Jim McManus, American tennis player (1940-2011)
- Mark McManus, British actor and boxer (1935-1994)
- Jim McKay, American television sports journalist (1921–2008)

## Similar surnames

McMeans, McManis, McMains, McMahon, McMahan, McMinn, McMann, McMunn, McNamara, McKinnon, McNamee, MacKinnon.

## 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.