Manga

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A comic originating in Japan

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Manga is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 5.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CICôte d’Ivoire≈1 in 41K
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 57K

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 Manga 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.

United States (measured from records)

9,534 named Ming, 2020

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
135 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Cameroon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MangaLatin(measured from records)
มังกาThai(measured from records)
మంగTelugu(measured from records)

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)

A comic originating in Japan.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Manga 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 Manga is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States9,534as Ming1 in 35K6.1KManga135
CM Cameroon≈4,700 est.≈1 in 5.9K—Manga24
NG Nigeria≈3,700 est.≈1 in 57K—Manga36
CI Côte d’Ivoire≈670 est.≈1 in 41K262——
PK Pakistan≈500 est.≈1 in 468K—Manga12
SE Sweden374as Ming1 in 27K374—3

9,534 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling ming. 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies. 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)

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

  • Hindi surname37 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Australia, Canada

    Languages: Hindi, English, Bangla

    Also written Monga, Munga, มองกะ, มงกะ, มิงกะ

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Mangá, Maṅga, Manǧa

  • Swahili given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, India, Kenya, United States

    Also written Mang'A

  • Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Nigeria, Indonesia, Philippines

    Also written Manga'

64 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Manga is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swahili, name entry; African Muslim usage

    as a nameAfrican Muslim Names

  • emigrant

    as a nameWhats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names

  • In Portuguese, sleeve, mango

    as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

  • In nia, imperfective of a (“to eat”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In roa-opt, sleeve (part of a garment that covers the arm)

    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.

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 40 sources across 28 countries.

Official registers attesting Manga
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—14#30,228

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 Manga mean, and where does it come from?
A comic originating in Japan. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Manga a male or female name?
Manga is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Manga have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 9.5 thousand people named Ming, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Manga?
In the United States, the national register counted 9,534 people named Ming in 2020, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.

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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, “Manga”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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