The Manka surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 960 people carried this name — #25,684 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 935 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
5,070 people named Manka have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,946 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Manka.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Aisne.
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
29 people named Manka live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
21 people named Manka is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Manka,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Alfons Mańka 1917–1941 · Catholic priest
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Manka.
- Manier 920 · U.S. census
- Manigault 2,016 · U.S. census
- Manigold 146 · U.S. census
- Manin 134 · U.S. census
- Manini 224 · U.S. census
- Maniscalco 3,021 · U.S. census
- Mann 83,510 · U.S. census
- Manna 3,437 · U.S. census
- Manne 637 · U.S. census
- Manni 764 · U.S. census
- Mannino 3,857 · U.S. census
- Manno 2,644 · U.S. census
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