The MANNERS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,975	14012	0.001	7
United States (1880 census)	305	14072	0.001	6
Change since 1880	+1670	+60	0	+1
Other Countries
Australia	509	3161	0.003	31
United Kingdom	1,908	3084	0.004	42

Top States for MANNERS by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	0	11191	0.000	0
Alaska	0	28297	0.000	0
Arizona	0	30936	0.000	0
Arkansas	0	50425	0.000	0
California	0	14577	0.000	0
Top States for MANNERS by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	0	11191	0.000	0
Alaska	0	28297	0.000	0
Arizona	0	30936	0.000	0
Arkansas	0	50425	0.000	0
California	0	14577	0.000	0

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MANNERS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MANNERS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MANNERS in Alabama than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MANNERS by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MANNERS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MANNERS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MANNERS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MANNERS in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	194	9.82
White (Hispanic)	65	3.29
Mixed Race	54	2.73
Asian/Pacific	34	1.72
Native American/Alaskan	15	0.76
White (Caucasian)	1,613	81.67

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MANNERS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MANNERS in historical publications

(origin: Fr.) From Manoir, and that from the Latin Manere, to stay or to abide. Lands granted to some military man or baron by the king, a custom brought in by the Normans. Manners, first Earl of Rutland, soon after his creation, told Sir Thomas More that he was too much elated by his preferment, and really verified the old proverb, "Honores mutant Mores." "Nay, my lord," retorted Sir Thomas, "the proverb does much better in English, 'Honors change Manners.'" It is the opinion of Camden that this family received its name from the village of Manor, near Lanchester, in Durham, England.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

MANNERS. Accordinsr to Camden and other antiquaries, this noble family had their denomination from the village of Manner, near Lanchester, co. Dm-ham. They were certainly influential in the northern counties, and Collins traces the name to a Yvilliam de Manner, who flourished temp. William Eufus. The pedigree is deduced by him from Sir Eobert de Manners, lord of Etal in Northumberland, several generations anterior to the reign of Heniy III.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to MANNERS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MANNERS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.