The Mantel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,071 people carried this name — #23,662 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,050 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 719 people named Mantel.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 294 people named Mantel 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
240 people named Mantel live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Mantel 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.
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
28 people named Mantel 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).
Who carried it
People named Mantel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Mantel 1468–1530 · prior
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Carl Wilhelm Mantel 1830–1883 · painter
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Rudolf Heinrich Mantel 1853–1924
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Julie Stern 1857–1942
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Hanna Mantel 1860–1942
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Leopold Mantel 1865–1943
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mantel.
- Manso 1,219 · 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
- Mantelli 150 · U.S. census
- Mantello 165 · U.S. census
- Manternach 513 · U.S. census
- Mantey 633 · U.S. census
- Manthe 683 · U.S. census
- Mantione 515 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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