Find out how popular the last name Manabe is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Manabe.

Manabe, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Manabe surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Manabe in America

Manabe is the 97210th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Manabe surname appeared 187 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Manabe.

We can also compare 2010 data for Manabe to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Manabe

The surname Manabe is of Japanese origin, originating in the late 16th century during the Azuchi-Momoyama period. It is believed to have derived from the Japanese word "manai," meaning "rural" or "rural area," suggesting that the name may have been initially associated with individuals residing in rural or village areas.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Manabe surname can be found in the Shinokumakiki, an official record of the Kumamoto Domain during the Edo period, which mentions a samurai named Manabe Nobutaka serving under the Hosokawa clan in the early 17th century.

In the 18th century, the Manabe family was prominent in the Chikuzen Province (modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture), where they were considered a distinguished samurai lineage. During this time, Manabe Akifusa (1687-1767) was a renowned scholar and poet who served as a retainer to the Kuroda clan.

The Manabe name also has historical ties to the Satsuma Domain (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture), where Manabe Akikatsu (1805-1868) was a notable samurai and military strategist who played a significant role in the Boshin War during the late Edo period.

In the modern era, several individuals with the Manabe surname have achieved recognition in various fields. Manabe Noriyuki (1924-2020) was a celebrated Japanese architect known for designing the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, among other notable works.

Another prominent figure is Manabe Shunroku (1923-2021), a renowned Japanese chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2021 for his groundbreaking work on complex chemical systems, particularly in the field of computational chemistry.

Manabe Kazunori (born 1955) is a respected video game designer and programmer, best known for creating the iconic racing game series Gran Turismo for Sony's PlayStation consoles.

It is worth noting that while the Manabe surname is primarily associated with Japan, it may also have been adopted by individuals of Japanese descent living in other parts of the world, such as the United States or Brazil, where there are sizable Japanese diaspora communities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Manabe

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Manabe.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Manabe was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Manabe has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Manabe was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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