Manuel Forename
62nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 5,433,774 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Guinea-Bissau
Manuel Forename Definition:
A shortening of Immanual and Emanuel; see the latter. Now left mainly to the Spanish and the Portuguese.
Manuel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 821,946 | 1:151 | 16 |
| Spain | 100% | 682,059 | 1:68 | 7 |
| Angola | 100% | 499,626 | 1:54 | 3 |
| Mozambique | - | 336,473 | 1:81 | 4 |
| Colombia | 100% | 307,720 | 1:155 | 20 |
| United States | 100% | 278,938 | 1:1,300 | 281 |
| Philippines | 99% | 236,492 | 1:448 | 49 |
| Ecuador | - | 218,925 | 1:81 | 10 |
| Peru | 100% | 215,549 | 1:147 | 15 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 187,896 | 1:86 | 11 |
| Chile | 100% | 181,346 | 1:97 | 9 |
| Argentina | 100% | 166,559 | 1:257 | 61 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 159,047 | 1:190 | 18 |
| Cuba | - | 142,432 | 1:81 | 7 |
| Portugal | - | 116,140 | 1:90 | 16 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 109,927 | 1:95 | 10 |
| Brazil | 100% | 109,646 | 1:1,954 | 301 |
| France | 100% | 107,804 | 1:617 | 143 |
| El Salvador | - | 63,314 | 1:100 | 11 |
| Honduras | 100% | 49,994 | 1:176 | 15 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 38,238 | 1:45 | 19 |
| Germany | 100% | 38,180 | 1:2,532 | 372 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 36,104 | 1:167 | 14 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 29,378 | 1:162 | 13 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 25,145 | 1:422 | 84 |
| East Timor | - | 22,334 | 1:55 | 13 |
| Panama | 100% | 22,299 | 1:175 | 9 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 17,396 | 1:65 | 5 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 14,886 | 1:486 | 93 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 13,269 | 1:619 | 135 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 13,251 | 1:268 | 56 |
| Italy | 100% | 12,318 | 1:4,957 | 454 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,376 | 1:2,913 | 549 |
| Uganda | 99% | 11,221 | 1:3,650 | 459 |
| Cape Verde | - | 10,992 | 1:48 | 5 |
| Malawi | 99% | 9,307 | 1:1,839 | 357 |
| Austria | 100% | 9,161 | 1:929 | 185 |
| India | 100% | 8,557 | 1:141,975 | 15,930 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 7,724 | 1:444 | 98 |
| South Africa | 100% | 7,679 | 1:7,102 | 1,306 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 6,111 | 1:1,334 | 159 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 5,725 | 1:2,694 | 485 |
| Ghana | 100% | 5,675 | 1:4,755 | 607 |
| England | 100% | 4,935 | 1:11,267 | 851 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4,689 | 1:2,450 | 506 |
| Zambia | - | 4,533 | 1:3,498 | 550 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 4,299 | 1:60,006 | 7,357 |
| Romania | 100% | 3,802 | 1:5,274 | 481 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 3,354 | 1:57 | 2 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,294 | 1:21,271 | 2,894 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3,023 | 1:187 | 37 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,703 | 1:6,253 | 895 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,262 | 1:16,811 | 638 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,604 | 1:28,870 | 2,470 |
| Sudan | - | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Namibia | - | 1,482 | 1:1,622 | 328 |
| Morocco | - | 1,419 | 1:24,206 | 1,380 |
| Andorra | - | 1,373 | 1:60 | 7 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 1,301 | 1:56,747 | 3,552 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,282 | 1:24,035 | 3,052 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,191 | 1:133,889 | 8,095 |
| Malta | - | 1,051 | 1:409 | 89 |
| Australia | - | 1,030 | 1:13,260 | 1,103 |
| Belize | 100% | 1,027 | 1:345 | 23 |
| Sweden | 100% | 969 | 1:10,173 | 891 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 500 | 1:312 | 65 |
| Albania | 100% | 478 | 1:6,374 | 1,173 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 471 | 1:11,948 | 1,153 |
| Guam | - | 461 | 1:348 | 43 |
| Croatia | 100% | 435 | 1:9,694 | 766 |
| Israel | 98% | 428 | 1:19,633 | 1,873 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 413 | 1:57,554 | 8,317 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 378 | 1:80,555 | 6,011 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 368 | 1:482,512 | 15,357 |
| Oman | - | 361 | 1:11,381 | 1,294 |
| Haiti | 100% | 359 | 1:29,880 | 2,256 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 350 | 1:7,025 | 757 |
| New Zealand | - | 333 | 1:13,622 | 1,262 |
| Russia | 97% | 329 | 1:438,400 | 5,026 |
| Egypt | 100% | 325 | 1:282,772 | 9,197 |
| Suriname | 100% | 313 | 1:1,766 | 411 |
| Norway | 100% | 307 | 1:16,718 | 1,102 |
| Cameroon | 97% | 286 | 1:75,561 | 4,329 |
| Ireland | 100% | 251 | 1:18,500 | 965 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 246 | 1:222 | 27 |
| Denmark | - | 205 | 1:27,559 | 1,394 |
| Japan | - | 203 | 1:630,473 | 12,315 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 192 | 1:36,408 | 2,115 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 182 | 1:1,484 | 320 |
| Congo | 96% | 178 | 1:28,142 | 2,605 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Scotland | 98% | 154 | 1:34,743 | 1,289 |
| Aruba | - | 146 | 1:711 | 116 |
| China | - | 146 | 1:9,356,546 | 59,579 |
| Qatar | 100% | 143 | 1:16,571 | 2,482 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 139 | 1:379,772 | 12,057 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 131 | 1:15,572 | 2,077 |
| French Polynesia | - | 130 | 1:2,138 | 477 |
| Greece | 100% | 126 | 1:86,782 | 2,479 |
| Wales | 99% | 123 | 1:25,157 | 1,249 |
| Singapore | 100% | 119 | 1:52,832 | 6,738 |
| Botswana | 100% | 111 | 1:19,680 | 2,396 |
| Jersey | 100% | 98 | 1:1,020 | 220 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 95 | 1:88,157 | 2,897 |
| Senegal | 96% | 86 | 1:169,551 | 3,727 |
| Czechia | 100% | 84 | 1:126,859 | 1,282 |
| Finland | 100% | 83 | 1:66,062 | 1,949 |
| Armenia | 100% | 72 | 1:40,538 | 1,659 |
| Gibraltar | - | 72 | 1:474 | 99 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| San Marino | 100% | 68 | 1:484 | 124 |
| Turkey | 98% | 65 | 1:1,196,949 | 10,912 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 64 | 1:21,272 | 2,472 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 51 | 1:2,152 | 437 |
| Kosovo | - | 50 | 1:37,229 | 3,165 |
| Georgia | 100% | 49 | 1:76,295 | 3,121 |
| Bermuda | - | 47 | 1:1,379 | 322 |
| Hong Kong | - | 47 | 1:164,952 | 3,125 |
| Estonia | 100% | 46 | 1:28,595 | 2,108 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 44 | 1:217 | 70 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 44 | 1:1,034,089 | 3,401 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 42 | 1:170,286 | 11,537 |
| Afghanistan | 55% | 40 | 1:815,588 | 11,016 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 39 | 1:591,691 | 20,839 |
| Seychelles | - | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Iceland | - | 38 | 1:9,632 | 896 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:15,288 | 1,325 |
| Monaco | 100% | 37 | 1:1,040 | 217 |
| South Korea | 83% | 37 | 1:149,849 | 6,468 |
| Guyana | 100% | 32 | 1:23,852 | 2,782 |
| Macau | - | 30 | 1:20,274 | 368 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 29 | 1:611,960 | 8,240 |
| Hungary | 100% | 27 | 1:362,658 | 1,511 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 27 | 1:1,402 | 268 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 26 | 1:7,475,295 | 61,186 |
| Ethiopia | - | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| Vietnam | - | 22 | 1:4,210,142 | 3,505 |
| Benin | 100% | 19 | 1:556,623 | 17,687 |
| Cambodia | 69% | 17 | 1:957,255 | 15,446 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 15 | 1:4,087 | 758 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Northern Ireland | 75% | 13 | 1:141,780 | 1,629 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 13 | 1:1,413,805 | 35,544 |
| Marshall Islands | 78% | 13 | 1:3,941 | 611 |
| Belarus | 100% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Bahamas | - | 11 | 1:36,306 | 1,206 |
| Jamaica | - | 11 | 1:262,112 | 7,926 |
| Liberia | 100% | 11 | 1:401,096 | 11,764 |
| Serbia | 100% | 11 | 1:649,611 | 5,343 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| South Sudan | 67% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Grenada | - | 8 | 1:13,516 | 1,533 |
| Mauritius | - | 8 | 1:162,223 | 3,800 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Latvia | - | 7 | 1:287,949 | 3,099 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 7 | 1:758,580 | 3,008 |
| Micronesia | - | 6 | 1:17,750 | 599 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 5 | 1:48,684 | 1,663 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Moldova | 100% | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Burundi | 100% | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | 1:123 | 15 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Mánuel (6) & Mañuel (1) are calculated separately.
Manuel (1,072,347) may also be a surname.
Manuel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A shortening of Immanual and Emanuel; see the latter. Now left mainly to the Spanish and the Portuguese.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Hebrew (masculine) - God with us.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Hebrew name, meaning: God is with him.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Manuel Forename Popularity
Manuel Demographics
Average Male Manuel Height
172.42 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 14,780 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Manuel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Manuel in the Russian language | ||
| Мануэль | manuel | - |
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Manuel