Manikan

surname · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 145K(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 291K
  • GYGuyana1 in 750K

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.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈920 people, est.

Sources
35 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 145K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, 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)

Manikan 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 Manikan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia≈920 est.≈1 in 291K—Manikan11
PH Philippines≈750 est.≈1 in 145K—Manikan32
IN India≈190 est.≈1 in 7.1M1Manikan5
MY Malaysia≈36 est.≈1 in 906K—Manikan9
US United States≈24 est.≈1 in 14M—Manikan35
AT Austria≈9 est.≈1 in 1M—Manikan4
GY Guyana11 in 750K1—1

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: naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

Manikan is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Philippines, United States

    Also written Maniķan

  • Thai surname78 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, Philippines, United States, Indonesia

    Also written มณีกาญจน์, Maneekarn, Maneekan, มณีกัญย์, มณีกัญญ์

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Manīkān

28 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Manikan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—8#146,285
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3#33,051
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 202520251#624

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Manikan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 918 people named Manikan in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled manikan.
How common is the name Manikan?
In Guyana, the national register counted 1 people named Manikan in 2025, about 1 in 750 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, “Manikan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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