Manhas

surname · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 6.1M(measured from records)
  • KWKuwait≈1 in 63K
  • BHBahrain≈1 in 70K

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)

2,616 people

Sources
117 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 63K (inferred from the name graph)

Kuwait, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Manhas 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 Manhas is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil2,6161 in 81K2.6KManhas2
PK Pakistan≈1,400 est.≈1 in 171K—Manhas13
CA Canada≈450 est.≈1 in 85K—Manhas81
SA Saudi Arabia≈250 est.≈1 in 139K—Manhas6
IN India2191 in 6.1M219Manhas117
AE United Arab Emirates≈130 est.≈1 in 76K—Manhas13
KW Kuwait≈48 est.≈1 in 63K—Manhas4
BH Bahrain≈22 est.≈1 in 70K—Manhas3

2,616 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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)

Manhas is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, India, United States, Canada

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Manhãs, Manhâs, Måñhãs, Måñhåš

30 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Manhas
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—2.6K#3,848
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—219#16,663
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—131#3,065
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—6#1,583

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

In which country does Manhas have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named Manhas, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled manhas.
How common is the name Manhas?
In Brazil, the national register counted 2,616 people named Manhas, about 1 in 81 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, “Manhas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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