Manaia
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Manaia is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- BRBrazil1 in 219K(measured from records)
- PTPortugal≈1 in 51K
- UYUruguay1 in 125K
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.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 54 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 51K (inferred from the name graph)
967 people
Highest-authority source
Portugal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Manaia 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 967 | 1 in 219K | 967 | Manaia | 54 |
| PT Portugal | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Manaia | 36 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 143K | 40 | — | 8 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 27 | 1 in 125K | 27 | Manaia | 4 |
| US United States | — | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 13M | 171 | Manaia | 18 |
| LU Luxembourg | #759 | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 126K | — | Manaia | 4 |
967 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); 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)
Manaia is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Māori, a manaia (a figure often seen in art, generally depicted as a man with a bird's head)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A bird-headed mythological creature and symbol of protection in Māori mythology.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, a Roman soldier in one of the processions during Setmana Santa (Holy Week)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Samoan, ceremonial household heir apparent
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 967 | #9,575 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 27 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
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
- In which country does Manaia have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 967 people named Manaia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled manaia.
- How common is the name Manaia?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 967 people named Manaia, about 1 in 219 thousand residents.
- How common is Manaia compared with other names?
- In Luxembourg, Manaia is the 759th most common surname of 1,851 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/manaiaThe 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, “Manaia” — the 759th most common surname in Luxembourg. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.