Manuel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Manuel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 27,529 people carried this name — #1,277 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,700 people counted. That is up 14% from 24,227 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,066 people named Manuel 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 870
Salta 385
Río Negro 116
City of Buenos Aires 110
Santa Fe 104
Formosa 102
Chaco 87
Mendoza 81

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 1,036 people named Manuel.

119 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Finistère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 119
Finistère 88
Paris 71
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 64
Hautes-Alpes 46
Bouches-du-Rhône 45
Martinique 42
Allier 35
Isère 28

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

231 people named Manuel live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 60
Geneva 46
Zurich 40
Bern 26
Aargau 17
Lucerne 11
Valais 8
Thurgau 6

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 41 people named Manuel 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 Brussels-Capital.

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

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 11
Antwerp 10
Flemish Brabant 5
East Flanders 5
Liège 5
Limburg 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

44 people named Manuel is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 44

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 Manuel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Don Juan Manuel
    Don Juan Manuel 1282–1349 · writer
  • Juana Manuel
    Juana Manuel 1339–1381
  • Pedro Manuel d. 1550 · Latin Catholic priest
  • Alfonso Manuel 1260–1276
  • Alfonso Manuel 1260–1275
  • Violante Manuel 1265–1314

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

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Surnames next to Manuel.

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