The Mancuso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,711 people carried this name — #3,665 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 9,659 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Mancuso surname
A surname from Arabic.
From Arabic مَنْحُوس (manḥūs, “unlucky, unfortunate”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mancuso» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,583 people named Mancuso live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
404 people named Mancuso live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 280 people named Mancuso.
Most of them — 227 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 166 people named Mancuso 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Mancuso in American newspapers,
1930–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,911 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mancuso,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elvira Mancuso 1867–1958 · writer -
Gus Mancuso 1905–1984 · baseball player -
Filippo Mancuso 1922–2011 · judge -
Lenin Mancuso 1922–1979 · police officer -
Angelo Mancuso 1928– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 127 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mancuso.
- Manceaux 115 · U.S. census
- Manche 267 · 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
- Mande 210 · U.S. census
- Mandel 6,703 · U.S. census
- Mandelbaum 1,241 · U.S. census
- Mander 543 · U.S. census
- Mandeville 2,737 · U.S. census
- Mandra 193 · U.S. census
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