Manchester Surname

49,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,417 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Manchester Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Manchester.' We do not often find many representatives of our large cities. The tendency was to come to them, not to leave them. Hence many little spots are the fruitful parents of surnames.

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Manchester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,6871:54,2046,478
Egypt2,0441:44,9784,502
England7061:78,9218,827
Canada3811:96,70810,530
Australia2491:108,41612,099
New Zealand1031:43,9647,284
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
Wales221:140,66110,115
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Saint Kitts and Nevis121:4,600509
India111:69,733,217610,955
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
China21:683,660,78330,601
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
France21:33,211,361423,184
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malta11:430,2723,380
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5951:40,9675,176
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8381:17,6952,259

Manchester (493) may also be a first name.

Manchester Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Manchester.' We do not often find many representatives of our large cities. The tendency was to come to them, not to leave them. Hence many little spots are the fruitful parents of surnames.

John de Manchestre, 18 Edward II: Freemen of York.

John Manchester, Close Rolls, 5 Henry VI.

Richard Manchester, of Rateliffe, 1671: Wills at Chester.

Sarah Manchester, of Manchester, 1676: ibid.

1787. Married — David Allen and Mary Manchester: St. George, Hanover Square.

1726. — Laurence Bath and Abigail Manchester: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-Latin-Celt.) Bel to Manchester, the Mameceaster of the A.-Saxon Chronicle and prob. the Mancunium of Roman times [cp. Welsh mân, a place; the second element is Old English ceaster, a (Roman) city, Latin castra, a camp]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Celtic + Latin) the Anglo-Saxon Mame ceaster [Old English ceaster, a fortified place, town, usually of Roman orig.; Latin castra, a camp], Latin-Celt. Mancunio, Mancunium. [The Roman forms (as in the case of London) postulate a pers. name with the possess. or domanial suff. -ium, -ion. Mancun-os prob. means ‘ Little or Petty Chief,’ from forms represented in Welsh by mân, little, petty, and cun, leader, chief, lord]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

User-submitted Reference

(Celtic + Latin) One who came from Manchester, Lancashire. Manchester means the fort on the breast shaped hill.

- dinn315

Manchester Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Manchester Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Manchester (Arabic: مانشستر, Russian: Манчестер) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Manchester? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 49,389th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 699,582 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Manchester live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America. Manchester is also the 382,601st most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 493 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 6,687 people, or 1 in 54,204. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 11 percent reside, New York, where 10 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in 61 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 20 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Manchester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Manchester has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Manchester surname increased 236 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 119 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 440 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Manchester Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (89%) in Russia.

In The United States Manchester are 1.47% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.76% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Manchester earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 33.48% more than the national average, earning 461,933 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.09% more than the national average, earning $46,209 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.53% more than the national average, earning $52,429 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Manchester Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Manchester in the Russian language
Манчестерmancester-
Manchester in the Arabic language
مانشسترmanshstr-

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