The Manso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,219 people carried this name — #21,439 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 27% from 958 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Manso surname
From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from manso (“tame, mild”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Manso» (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 1,325 people named Manso 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named Manso.
Most of them — 59 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Paris.
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
58 people named Manso live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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.
Who carried it
People named Manso,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Giovanni Battista Manso 1569–1645 · writer -
José Manso Ginabreda y Solá 1785–1863 · military personnel -
Pedro Luis Manso Zuñiga d. 1669 · Catholic priest
-
Tomás Manso d. 1659 · Catholic priest
-
Alonso Manso 1460–1539 · Catholic priest
-
Vittorino Mansi 1550–1611 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Manso.
- Manry 707 · U.S. census
- Mans 1,383 · U.S. census
- Manse 119 · U.S. census
- Manseau 668 · U.S. census
- Mansel 563 · U.S. census
- Mansion 194 · U.S. census
- Manson 7,663 · U.S. census
- Mansour 6,291 · U.S. census
- Mansouri 629 · U.S. census
- Mansy 161 · U.S. census
- Mante 354 · U.S. census
- Mantel 1,071 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Manso 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.