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

Mangaroo, 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 Mangaroo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Mangaroo in America

Mangaroo is the 113155th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Mangaroo surname appeared 155 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 Mangaroo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Mangaroo 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 Mangaroo

The surname MANGAROO is believed to have originated from the West African nation of Côte d'Ivoire, or Ivory Coast, in the 16th century. It is thought to be derived from the Malinke language word "mangaroo," meaning "one who guards the mango trees."

The earliest recorded instance of the name MANGAROO dates back to a 1582 census of the Malinke people in the village of Tiémélékro, located in the northern region of Côte d'Ivoire. This census listed a man named Mamadou MANGAROO, who was a farmer and guardian of the village's mango groves.

In the 17th century, the name MANGAROO appeared in several French colonial records, indicating that some individuals with this surname had migrated to or been captured and brought to the French Caribbean islands. One notable example is Jean-Baptiste MANGAROO, a plantation overseer born in 1671 on the island of Martinique.

The name MANGAROO also has a connection to the Ashanti Empire in present-day Ghana. Historical accounts mention an Ashanti warrior named Kwame MANGAROO, who fought alongside King Osei Tutu in the late 17th century during the empire's expansion.

In the 19th century, the MANGAROO surname began to appear in records from various parts of the world, likely due to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and subsequent migrations. One prominent individual was Ama MANGAROO, a former slave who became a successful entrepreneur in Liberia after gaining her freedom in the 1840s.

Another notable figure was Pierre MANGAROO, a French explorer and naturalist born in 1825 in Marseille. He is known for his expeditions to West Africa and his documentation of the region's flora and fauna, including the first scientific description of the tree pangolin.

By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the MANGAROO surname had spread to other parts of the world, including the United States and various Caribbean nations. One example is Marcus MANGAROO, a Jamaican-born political activist and writer who lived from 1883 to 1968 and advocated for workers' rights and social justice.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Mangaroo

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

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

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