Máncilla
surname · Latin script
Máncilla is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country. In Bolivia it is the 100th most common surname. Recorded meaning: from mancilla ‘mole’, ‘birthmark’ or ‘blot’, ‘stain’ (Latin manucella), hence a nickname for someone with a blemish on their skin or their character.
- CLChile≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
- BOBolivia≈1 in 1.3K
- MXMexico≈1 in 3.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Mexico (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 268 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈40,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Chile, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Mancilla in MX Mexico, CL Chile, AR Argentina and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from mancilla ‘mole’, ‘birthmark’ or ‘blot’, ‘stain’ (Latin manucella), hence a nickname for someone with a blemish on their skin or their character.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where the surname Máncilla is found
(measured from records)Máncilla counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MX Mexico | #402 | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | 784 | Mancilla | 178 |
| CL Chile | #164 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Mancilla | 107 |
| CO Colombia | #621 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | 2 | Mancilla | 85 |
| AR Argentina | #545 | 9,678 | 1 in 4.7K | 9.7K | Mancilla | 63 |
| BO Bolivia | #100 | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Mancilla | 47 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the co-datosgov-candidates register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Máncilla mean, and where does it come from?
- from mancilla ‘mole’, ‘birthmark’ or ‘blot’, ‘stain’ (Latin manucella), hence a nickname for someone with a blemish on their skin or their character. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Máncilla?
- Mondonomo estimates about 40 thousand people named Máncilla in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mancilla. After it come Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Bolivia; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Máncilla?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 9,678 people named Máncilla, about 1 in 4.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Máncilla compared with other names?
- In Mexico, Máncilla is the 402nd most common surname of 206,803 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/m%C3%A1ncillaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Máncilla” — ranked 444th in Mexico (RENAPO). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.