Männel
surname · Latin script
/mɛnl̩/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Männel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from a pet form of Mann 2.
- DEGermany≈1 in 69K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.2M
- CYCyprus≈1 in 42K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Männel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 124 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Mannel in US United States, GB United Kingdom, ZA South Africa and 3 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 a pet form of Mann 2.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Männel 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 69K | — | Männel | 70 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 195K | — | Mannel | 8 |
| US United States | 274 | 1 in 1.2M | 321 | Mannel | 124 |
| IT Italy | ≈46 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | — | Mannel | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | — | Mannel | 13 |
| CY Cyprus | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Mannel | 1 |
| AT Austria | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 519K | — | Mannel | 11 |
| EE Estonia | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 701K | listed | — | 2 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Otto Männelb. 1887DEGerman cyclist
- Wolfgang Männelb. 1937DEGerman academic (1937–2006)
- Männelb. 1948DEGerman badminton player
- Birgit Männelb. 1955DEEast German long track speed skater, active between 1971 and 1974
- Martin Männelb. 1988DEGerman footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Männel mean, and where does it come from?
- from a pet form of Mann 2. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Männel?
- A machine transcription gives /mɛnl̩/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Männel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Männel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled männel.
- How common is the name Männel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 274 people named Männel in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/m%C3%A4nnelThe 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, “Männel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.