Manhiça

surname · Latin script

Manhiça is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mozambique than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MZMozambique≈1 in 2.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 75K
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 899K

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.

Mozambique (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Mozambique, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Manhica in ZA South Africa, MZ Mozambique, US United States 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)

recorded in Korean

모잠비크 남부 마푸투(Maputo) 주의 도시.

Sources 1

  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Manhiça 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 Manhiça is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MZ Mozambique#135≈13,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K—Manhica23
ZA South Africa—≈760 est.≈1 in 75K—Manhica7
DE Germany—≈13 est.≈1 in 6.1M—Manhica14
PT Portugal—≈11 est.≈1 in 899K—Manhica8
US United States—≈6 est.≈1 in 52M—Manhica19
SE Sweden—≈3 est.≈1 in 3.6M—Manhica6
PL Poland—21 in 19M2—1

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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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)

Manhiça is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Manhica

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Manhica

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa

    Also written Manhica

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Manhica

6 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Manhiça
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#362,816

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Manhiça have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Manhiça in Mozambique, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled manhica.
How common is the name Manhiça?
In Poland, the national register counted 2 people named Manhiça in 2026, about 1 in 19 million residents.
How common is Manhiça compared with other names?
In Mozambique, Manhiça is the 135th most common surname of 2,021 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, “Manhiça” — the 135th most common surname in Mozambique. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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