ManelA

surname · Latin script

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

/mənɛɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 235K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FIFinland≈1 in 308K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 462K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈240 people, est.

Sources
54 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 235K (inferred from the name graph)

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)

ManelA 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 ManelA is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈240 est.≈1 in 462K—ManelA10
US United States1781 in 1.9M279ManelA54
CO Colombia≈52 est.≈1 in 942K1ManelA8
PT Portugal≈44 est.≈1 in 235K—ManelA7
BR Brazil≈32 est.≈1 in 6.6M164ManelA35
FI Finland≈18 est.≈1 in 308K10—1
UY Uruguay≈4 est.≈1 in 909K1ManelA2

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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); the co-datosgov-candidates register; Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)

ManelA is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Manéla, Mãnęla

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines

    Also written Manéla

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mān̲ela

  • Arabic surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria, Syria

    Also written Mãnęla, Mànélà, Mãñëlâ

  • Finnish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Mañela

31 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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Manela,
InformalHi Manela,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting ManelA
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020279#74,639
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000214#82,019
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010178#101,247
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—52#102,017
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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

How do you pronounce ManelA?
A machine transcription gives /mənɛɫə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does ManelA have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 237 people named ManelA in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ManelA.
How common is the name ManelA?
In the United States, the national register counted 178 people named ManelA in 2010, about 1 in 1.9 million 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, “ManelA”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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