Mansilla
surname · Latin script
Meaning: places, for example in the provinces of Burgos, Leon, Logrono, and Segovia, so called from Sp
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/mansiʎa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mansilla is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 75th most common surname.
- ARArgentina1 in 521(measured from records)
- UYUruguay1 in 1.1K
- CLChile≈1 in 1.3K
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.
- Argentina (measured from records)
- Sources
- 198 (measured from records)
- 1 in 521 (inferred from the name graph)
87,364 people
Highest-authority source
Argentina
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
places, for example in the provinces of Burgos, Leon, Logrono, and Segovia, so called from Sp. mansilla, a dim. of LL mansa dwelling (class. L mansio, a deriv. of manere to remain, abide).
Sources 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mansilla 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #75 | 87,364 | 1 in 521 | 87K | Mansilla | 124 |
| CL Chile | #168 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Mansilla | 107 |
| ES Spain | #722 | 6,134 | 1 in 8.2K | 6.1K | Mansilla | 139 |
| PE Peru | #756 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Mansilla | 75 |
| GT Guatemala | #147 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Mansilla | 42 |
| UY Uruguay | #208 | 3,055 | 1 in 1.1K | 3.1K | Mansilla | 38 |
| BO Bolivia | #250 | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Mansilla | 42 |
87,364 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Mansilla is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, places, for example in the provinces of Burgos, Leon,
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In Spanish, habitational name from Mansilla, a place in La Rioja province.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lucio V. Mansillab. 1831ARArgentinian military personnel, journalist and writer
- Luis Alarcónb. 1929CLnot in their usual nameChilean actor
- Naím Thomasb. 1980ESnot in their usual nameSpanish singer
- Roberto Mansillab. 1981ESSpanish footballer
- Luis Mansillab. 1986CLChilean racing cyclist
- Jacobo Mansillab. 1987ARArgentine footballer
- Cristopher Mansillab. 1990CLChilean bicycle racer
- Humberto Mansillab. 1996CLChilean athletics competitor
- Brian Mansillab. 1997ARArgentine association football player
- Marcelo Herrerab. 1998ARnot in their usual nameArgentine footballer (born 1998)
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 25 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 87K | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 6.1K | #889 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 6.1K | #889 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 3.1K | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- Where does the name Mansilla come from?
- places, for example in the provinces of Burgos, Leon, Logrono, and Segovia, so called from Sp. mansilla, a dim. of LL mansa dwelling (class. L mansio, a deriv. of manere to remain, abide). Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- How do you pronounce Mansilla?
- A machine transcription gives /mansiʎa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Mansilla mean?
- Recorded meaning: places, for example in the provinces of Burgos, Leon, Logrono, and Segovia, so called from Sp.
- In which country does Mansilla have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 87 thousand people named Mansilla, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mansilla.
- Where is Mansilla most common?
- Mansilla is densest in Argentina, where the national register counts about 1 in 521 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Mansilla?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 87,364 people named Mansilla, about 1 in 521 residents.
- How common is Mansilla compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Mansilla is the 75th most common surname of 398,256 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, “Mansilla” — the 75th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.