The Manor surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,432 people carried this name — #9,479 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,138 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Manor surname

English surname, variant of Mayner, of Norman origin, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) + *harjaz (“army”).

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

In print

Manor in American newspapers,
1914.

Newspaper page from The Commonwealth carrying the name Manor
The Commonwealth 1914-05-15
Newspaper page from The Weekly Messenger carrying the name Manor
The Weekly Messenger 1914-06-27
Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Leader carrying the name Manor
The Semi-weekly Leader 1914-05-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 530 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Manor in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

1,554 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Manor. The most, 266, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 706
Victoria 328
Queensland 233
Tasmania 129
South Australia 105
Western Australia 44
ACT (Canberra) 8

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Manor.

Who carried it

People named Manor,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giora Manor
    Giora Manor 1926–2005 · editor
  • Stately Wayne Manor 1901– · journalist
  • Alexander Manor 1910–2003 · writer
  • Amos Manor 1918–2007 · businessperson
  • Amos Manor 1918–2007 · businessperson
  • Ehud Manor 1941–2005 · poet

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Manor,
in the records of 4 countries.

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 States192 records

192 records of the Manor name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 78
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 33
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 30
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 29
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Maurice G. Manor

    Born 1910 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Shelby; farm hand from Yazoo County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1978, buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Manor

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Etruria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 26; laborer. From Liverpool, England; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Manor

    Born 1950; from Panama City, Florida. U.S. Air Force; killed in action 1972 in Cambodia.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 192 records for Manor in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Manor name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Charles Manor

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Asia, arriving 1832; ticket of leave 1836.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record David Manor

    Sailed from Victoria in 1853 aboard the Shamrock II, bound for Sydney, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Manor name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lawrence Anthony Manor

    Married in 1946 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Anna Maria Manor

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1821 in Alphen.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Manor name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Meriadec Suzanne Manor

    Born 1899 in Baillif (Guadeloupe); died 1998 in Angoulême (Charente).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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