The Manche surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 267 people carried this name — #72,771 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 16% from 230 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 454 people named Manche.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 77 people named Manche live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Manche,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lucien Manche 1884–1969 · lawyer -
Gérard Martin Léonard Manche 1917–1943 · military personnel
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Daniel Manche 1993– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Manche.
- Man 4,010 · U.S. census
- Mana 410 · U.S. census
- Manard 435 · U.S. census
- Manas 527 · U.S. census
- Manca 282 · U.S. census
- Manceaux 115 · U.S. census
- Mancinelli 957 · U.S. census
- Mancini 11,382 · U.S. census
- Mancino 1,578 · U.S. census
- Manco 690 · U.S. census
- Mancuso 9,711 · U.S. census
- Mande 210 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Manche is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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