Mantell
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Also Mantel: maker of cloaks/coats, or nickname for one who wore such a garment; Jewish surname from German/Yiddish words for 'coat'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/mænˈtɛɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mantell is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 151K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 379K
- BOBolivia≈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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 238 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 70K (inferred from the name graph)
877 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Bolivia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Also Mantel: maker of cloaks/coats, or nickname for one who wore such a garment; Jewish surname from German/Yiddish words for 'coat'.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mantell 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 877 | 1 in 379K | 960 | Mantell | 238 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 151K | — | Mantell | 94 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Mantell | 2 |
| CA Canada | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 192K | — | Mantell | 33 |
| AU Australia | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 132K | — | Mantell | 59 |
| BO Bolivia | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Mantell | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | ≈66 est. | ≈1 in 126K | — | Mantell | 2 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 97K | — | Mantell | 28 |
| IE Ireland | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 130K | — | Mantell | 6 |
877 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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 2000. 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)
Mantell is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Catalan, cloak (clothing)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Welsh, mantle, cloak
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Breton, manteau
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
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)
- Gideon Mantellb. 1790GBBritish scientist and obstetrician (1790–1852)
- Mary Ann Mantellb. 1795GBBritish paleontologist, scientific illustrator and lithographer
- Walter Baldock Durrant Mantellb. 1820NZNew Zealand naturalist and politician (1820-1895)
- Robert B. Mantellb. 1854GBBritish actor (1854-1928)
- Charles Letnam Mantellb. 1897born:1897-12-09|died:1985-01-01|; Mantell, C. L. (Charles Letnam), 1897-; Mantell, C.L.; Mantell, C. L. (Charles Letnam), 1897-1985; Mantell, Charles L.; Mantell, Charles Letnam, 1897-1985; Mantell, C. L. (Charles Letnam)
- Joe Mantellb. 1915USAmerican film and television actor (1915-2010)
- Elizabeth Mantellb. 1941GBmissionary nurse in Malawi
- Richard Mantellb. 1981GBBritish field hockey player
- Simon Mantellb. 1984GBBritish field hockey player
- Michael MantellUSAmerican actor
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 960 | #24,432 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 932 | #27,401 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 877 | #27,481 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Mantell mean, and where does it come from?
- Also Mantel: maker of cloaks/coats, or nickname for one who wore such a garment; Jewish surname from German/Yiddish words for 'coat'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Mantell?
- A machine transcription gives /mænˈtɛɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Mantell have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 877 people named Mantell, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mantell.
- How common is the name Mantell?
- In the United States, the national register counted 877 people named Mantell in 2010, about 1 in 379 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mantellThe 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, “Mantell”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.