The Manera surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 370 people carried this name — #55,505 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 11% from 414 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 836 people named Manera 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 Córdoba.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 165 people named Manera.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
61 people named Manera live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Manera,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cosma Manera 1876–1958 · military personnel -
Cosma Manera 1876–1958 · military personnel
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Giovanni Manera 1907–1988 · sport cyclist -
Giovanni Manera 1907–1988 · sport cyclist
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Guido Manera 1911– · screenwriter
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Jorge Manera 1929– · civil engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Manera.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Manera is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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