Mänz

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Evtl. patronymisch zu Kurzformen von Rufnamen mit ahd./altsächs

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Mänz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Rwanda than in any other country, where it is the 63rd most common surname.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 16K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 9.3Kas Manzi
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 11K

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 Mänz 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.

Rwanda (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 named Manzi, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
277 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ManziLatin(measured from records)
ΜανζιGreek(measured from records)
แมนซThai(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Manzi in TZ Tanzania, RW Rwanda, ZA South Africa and 1 more and Manz in DE Germany, CH Switzerland.

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)

recorded in German

Evtl. patronymisch zu Kurzformen von Rufnamen mit ahd./altsächs. megin 'Kraft'; Konkurrenz zu anderen Rufnamenskurzformen möglich.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mänz 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.

Where Mänz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RW Rwanda#63≈11,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K951Manzi22
IT Italy—≈6,300 est.≈1 in 9.9KlistedManzi16
TZ Tanzania#531≈6,300 est.≈1 in 9.3K1Manzi18
DE Germany—≈5,100 est.≈1 in 16K—Manz133
ZA South Africa—≈4,700 est.≈1 in 12K—Manzi17
CH Switzerland—7531 in 11K753Manz41
UY Uruguay—616as Manzi1 in 5.5K616——

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: INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; NISR Rwanda Vital Statistics / CRVS — top-20 baby given names by sex; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mänz is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Månz, Mânz, Manz

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Switzerland, Canada

    Also written Manz, Mânz, Man'Z

4 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Mänz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20243#154,370

Reference works 1

  • 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 Mänz mean?
Recorded meaning: Evtl. patronymisch zu Kurzformen von Rufnamen mit ahd./altsächs.
In which country does Mänz have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Manzi in Rwanda, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Mänz most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mänz is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 11 thousand people — even though Rwanda holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Mänz?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 753 people named Mänz in 2024, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
How common is Mänz compared with other names?
In Rwanda, Mänz is the 63rd most common surname of 2,846 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Mänz” — the 63rd most common surname in Rwanda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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