The Mans surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,383 people carried this name — #19,527 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,322 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 245 people named Mans 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Mans.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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.
Who carried it
People named Mans,
with a public archive behind them.
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Remigius Mans 1500–1513 -
Arnoud van Mans 1655– · artist
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Adolf Mans 1901–1972
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Bodo Mans 1935–2002 · painter
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Bodo Mans 1935–2001 · painter
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Jan Mans 1940–2021 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mans.
- Mano 691 · U.S. census
- Manon 982 · U.S. census
- Manoukian 700 · U.S. census
- Manresa 314 · U.S. census
- Manrique 3,847 · U.S. census
- Manry 707 · U.S. census
- Manse 119 · U.S. census
- Manseau 668 · U.S. census
- Mansel 563 · U.S. census
- Mansion 194 · U.S. census
- Manso 1,219 · U.S. census
- Manson 7,663 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Mans 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.