The Manna surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,437 people carried this name — #9,466 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 23% from 2,801 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Manna surname
Borrowed from Italian Manna. Possible etymologies include the feminine form of Manno, or a nickname or metonym based on manna (sense 1).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Manna» (English), 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 560 people named Manna 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
125 people named Manna live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Manna.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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 57 people named Manna 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.
In the Nordic population registers
57 people named Manna 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).
In print
Manna in American newspapers,
1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 105,667 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Manna,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gennaro Manna 1715–1779 · composer -
Ruggero Manna 1808–1864 · composer -
Giovanni Manna 1813–1865 · politician -
Aldo Manna 1892– · politician -
Giacinto Manna 1706–1768 · harpsichordist
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Gaetano Manna 1751–1804 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Manna.
- Manigold 146 · U.S. census
- Manin 134 · U.S. census
- Manini 224 · U.S. census
- Maniscalco 3,021 · U.S. census
- Manka 960 · U.S. census
- Mann 83,510 · 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
- Mano 691 · U.S. census
- Manon 982 · U.S. census
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