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The Manrique surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,847 people carried this name — #8,562 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted. That is up 41% from 2,723 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Manrique surname

A patronymic surname borrowed from Spanish Manrique.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Manrique» (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 9,917 people named Manrique 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,701
San Juan 2,269
Mendoza 1,142
Córdoba 747
City of Buenos Aires 611
La Rioja 434
Chubut 356
Tucumán 323

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 105 people named Manrique.

42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 42
Hauts-de-Seine 13
Paris 7
Rhône 6
Bas-Rhin 6
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Vaucluse 5
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 4
Gironde 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

51 people named Manrique live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 17
Zurich 14
Vaud 6
Bern 4
Basel-Stadt 4
Lucerne 3
St. Gallen 3

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 print

Manrique in American newspapers,
1896–1930.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Manrique
Evening Star 1896-05-09
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Manrique
El Tucsonense 1929-03-16
Newspaper page from Nogales International carrying the name Manrique
Nogales International 1930-03-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,551 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Manrique,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gómez Manrique
    Gómez Manrique 1412–1490 · writer
  • Jorge Manrique
    Jorge Manrique 1440–1479 · military personnel
  • Antonio Manrique de Vargas d. 1635 · politician
  • Rodrigo Manrique de Lara d. 1476 · military personnel
  • Gómez Manrique d. 1375 · archbishop
  • Pedro Manrique de Padilla d. 1577 · cleric

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Manrique is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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