Manson Surname
Approximately 27,644 people bear this surname
Manson Surname Definition:
Bapt 'the son of Magnus,' which see. Manson is a common surname in Shetland. 'Manson is the contracted form of Magnusson': Scotsman, Oct. 16, 1886. (a) Bapt. 'the son of Main.' For instances, v. Main. So far as Manson is an English surname, this is the true derivation.
Read More About This SurnameManson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,575 | 1:37,855 | 4,678 |
| England | 2,535 | 1:21,980 | 3,079 |
| Scotland | 2,501 | 1:2,141 | 390 |
| Australia | 2,363 | 1:11,424 | 1,684 |
| Canada | 2,202 | 1:16,733 | 2,409 |
| New Zealand | 1,629 | 1:2,780 | 403 |
| France | 1,446 | 1:45,935 | 5,892 |
| Nigeria | 988 | 1:179,294 | 11,033 |
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| South Africa | 519 | 1:104,389 | 12,623 |
| Thailand | 324 | 1:218,020 | 36,592 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Philippines | 200 | 1:506,191 | 59,191 |
| Argentina | 157 | 1:272,251 | 21,915 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Northern Ireland | 144 | 1:12,813 | 1,854 |
| Brazil | 141 | 1:1,518,258 | 50,663 |
| Wales | 110 | 1:28,132 | 2,887 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 103 | 1:13,242 | 1,739 |
| Malaysia | 102 | 1:289,159 | 15,911 |
| Liberia | 90 | 1:48,984 | 4,396 |
| Ireland | 68 | 1:69,249 | 4,373 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| Netherlands | 56 | 1:301,557 | 35,980 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Israel | 41 | 1:208,723 | 20,048 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| China | 33 | 1:41,433,987 | 2,228 |
| Chile | 31 | 1:568,273 | 13,994 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Guyana | 24 | 1:31,759 | 3,401 |
| Mexico | 20 | 1:6,206,310 | 32,158 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Jamaica | 12 | 1:239,162 | 6,359 |
| Japan | 11 | 1:11,622,208 | 45,659 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 1:733,548 | 3,685 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Tonga | 4 | 1:26,828 | 461 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 187 | 1:23,689 | 2,614 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2,771 | 1:1,351 | 244 |
| England | 760 | 1:32,073 | 4,252 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:98,026 | 4,293 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,211 | 1:22,713 | 2,847 |
The alternate forms: Mánson (1) are calculated separately.
Manson (4,898) may also be a first name.
Manson Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Bapt 'the son of Magnus,' which see. Manson is a common surname in Shetland. 'Manson is the contracted form of Magnusson': Scotsman, Oct. 16, 1886. (a) Bapt. 'the son of Main.' For instances, v. Main. So far as Manson is an English surname, this is the true derivation.
1592. Thomas Manson and Edith Connaway: Marriage Lic. (London).
1794. Married — Daniel Manson and Ann Scewell: St. George, Hanover Square.
This name was common in Caithness in the sixteenth century and is very common in Shetland (where it is eleventh in order of frequency). It is an assimilated form of Magnusson, 'son of Magnus. ' Magnus (Latin, 'great') was a popular name among the Norsemen and was borrowed by them in admiration of Charlemagne (in Latin, Carolus Magnus). "It is worth remembering," says Dr. Alexander Bugge, "that long before the birth of Magnus the Good the name Magnus was used among Noise kings of Man and the Hebrides. The first persons who bear this name are Magnus mac Arailt, a chieftain from the Hebrides, in 972, and Magnus Berna (i. e. Magnus son of Bjorn) from Limerick, who probably was akin to the chieftains from the Hebrides. When Sighvat Skald named the new-born son of St. Olav Magnus after Charlemagne, it was probably not his own invention. He had most likely heard the name in the British Isles, and knew that it was derived from the great Emperor" (Contributions to the history of the Norsemen in Ireland, I, p. 16). Jonas filius Magni was one of those who laid charges against David Meyner of Weem in 1427 (Oprressions, p. 110). Angus Mangson in Kirkwall in 1446 appears again in 1455 as Anguss Magniss, baljhe of Kyrkwaw (REO., p. 51,191). David Manson was tenant of Petconnouchty, Ardmanoch, in 1504 (ER., XII, p. 661), Thonmas Mainsoun appears in Dunrossness, Shetland, in 1602 (Mill, Diary, p. 182), Robert Mansone was burgess of Dornoch, 1669 (OPS., II, p. 645), and John Mansone, 'dene of gild, ' and three other Mansones took the Test in the burgh of Tain in 1685 (RPC., 3. ser. XI, p. 41 8 William Manswn was burgess Lanark in 1490 (Lanark, p. 6), Finlay Mansoun, reader at Nig, was presented to the vicarage of that church in 1569 (RPC. ), and Andrew Mansioun was member of council of the Canon-gate of Edinburgh in 1568 (MCM., II, p. 312). Joseph Manson was carpenter to Mary queen of Scots and to King James VI (Nisbet, I). Niels Monson was a native of Shetland, 1567 (Goudie, p. 129), Finlaw Mansoun was minister at Tayn, 1574 (RMR. ). Robert Manson is recorded in Glen in 1674 and Robert Manson in Fomenoch in 1732 (Kirkcudbright). Mans Magnussonn is recorded in Dunrossness in 1602 (Mill, Diary, p. 183). Mansons were a branch of Clan Gunn, and spread from Caithness through Sutherland to Ross prior to 1582. Mansson and Manssoun 1625, Maunsone and Maunusone c. 1524.
(English) Man(n)’s Son: v. Man(n and + Old English sunu. (Scot.-Scand.) an assimilated form of Mag- nusson = Magnus’s Son [Latin magnus, great + Old Norse sun-r] Magnus was adopted by the Norsemen as a name out of admiration for Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus).
(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English) The son of Man, a pet form of Magnus (great); the son of the servant.
From Man, an ancient personal name. See Man and Mann. In Domesd. it is written Manessuna and Mansuna.
From Manston; a location name in Devon, Yorkshire Or from the Dutch, Manson; a personal name.
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Manson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Manson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Manson (Arabic: منصون) is found most in The United States. It can be rendered as: Mánson. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Manson? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 19,799th most widespread surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 263,621 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 44 percent of Manson live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 97,441st most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 4,898 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 9,575 people, or 1 in 37,855. In The United States Manson is most prevalent in: California, where 13 percent are found, Ohio, where 7 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 104 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent are found and Scotland, where 9 percent are found.
Manson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Manson has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 433 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 334 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 10 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 688 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 64 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Manson Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Manson surname is principally Presbyterian (79%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Manson surname are 4.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.68% being registered with the political party.
The amount Manson earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.84% more than the national average, earning R 398,844 per year; in United States they earn 3.78% less than the national average, earning $41,518 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.84% more than the national average, earning $52,086 CAD per year.
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Manson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Manson in the Arabic language | ||
| منصون | mnswn | - |
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