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

Mancuso, 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 Mancuso surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Mancuso in America

Mancuso is the 3665th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Mancuso surname appeared 9,711 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 people would have the surname Mancuso.

We can also compare 2010 data for Mancuso 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 Mancuso

The surname Mancuso is of Italian origin, deriving from the region of Sicily. It dates back to medieval times, likely originating in the 11th or 12th century during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy.

Mancuso is believed to have originated as a nickname or descriptive name, derived from the Sicilian word "mancu", meaning "left-handed" or "left". This suggests that the name may have been initially given to a person who was left-handed, which was considered unusual and notable at the time.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Mancuso can be found in the Angevin records of the 13th century, where a certain Giacomo Mancuso is mentioned as a landowner in the town of Corleone, near Palermo. This indicates that the name had already become established as a family name by that time.

In the 15th century, a prominent figure named Antonio Mancuso is recorded as a judge and legal scholar in the city of Messina. His works on Sicilian law and customs were widely cited and influential during the Renaissance period.

Another notable bearer of the name was Vincenzo Mancuso (1572-1637), a Sicilian painter whose works adorned churches and palaces across Sicily and Southern Italy. He was particularly known for his religious paintings and portraits.

During the 18th century, the Mancuso family produced several notable figures in the fields of medicine and academia. Tommaso Mancuso (1717-1792) was a respected physician and professor at the University of Palermo, while his son, Giuseppe Mancuso (1745-1821), followed in his footsteps as a renowned physician and author of several medical treatises.

In more recent history, the name Mancuso has been associated with various professionals and public figures, such as the Italian-American author and journalist Gianni Mancuso (1927-2003), who wrote extensively about Italian-American culture and experiences.

The surname Mancuso has also been carried by several notable athletes, including the Italian soccer player Silvio Mancuso (born 1975) and the American baseball player John Mancuso (1932-2006), who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Milwaukee Braves in the 1950s and 1960s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Mancuso

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

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 Mancuso 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 Mancuso 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 Mancuso was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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