The Maness surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,095 people carried this name — #4,393 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (8,065).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Maness surname

Probably a variant of Dutch Manes.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maness» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Maness in American newspapers,
1917–1927.

Newspaper page from The West Virginia News carrying the name Maness
The West Virginia News 1927-09-03
Newspaper page from The West Virginia News carrying the name Maness
The West Virginia News 1927-07-30
Newspaper page from The Dolores Star carrying the name Maness
The Dolores Star 1917-04-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Maness,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ruth Ellen Maness 1948–2017 · genealogist
  • James Maness 1963–2024 · athletics competitor

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Maness,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States408 records

408 records of the Maness name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 306
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Burnett G. Maness

    Born 1919 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bragg; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Oaklawn Cemetery, Asheboro, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Emory Maness

    Born 1946; from Talladega Springs, Alabama. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Clarence Maness

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1932, died 1996; buried at Memorial Funeral Home & Cemetery, Tyler, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 408 records for Maness in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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