Manasse
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Manasse is a surname, most frequently recorded in Nigeria. It appears chiefly in English and French, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: from the Biblical Hebrew personal name Manasseh, from nashah ‘make to forget’.
- NGNigeria1 in 42K◐
- USUnited States1 in 694K
- TGTogo1 in 757
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈812 ●
- Sources
- 143 ●
- 1 in 50K ◐
across 6 countries
14K records
Official registry-verified
Guyana
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Manasseh in NG Nigeria, AU Australia, GH Ghana and 4 more, Manassé in CI Côte d’Ivoire, BE Belgium, CM Cameroon and Manassè in CD Congo - Kinshasa.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
from the Biblical Hebrew personal name Manasseh, from nashah ‘make to forget’. This was the name of Joseph’s elder son, brother of Ephraim, so named in the hope that Joseph’s father Jacob might begin to forget the sorrows of the past.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | — | 1,754 | 3.4K rec. | — | — | Manasseh | 53 |
| FR France | — | 567 | 863 rec. | — | 9 | Manasse | 81 |
| US United States | — | 479 | 6.4K rec. | 1 in 694K | 479 | Manasse | 143 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 272 | 381 rec. | — | listed | Manasse | 46 |
| AU Australia | — | 244 | 385 rec. | — | 1 | Manasseh | 31 |
| TG Togo | — | 241 | 12 rec. | — | — | Manasse | 5 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 223 | 287 rec. | — | — | Manasse | 16 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 219△ | 60 rec. | 1 in 79K | 219 | Manasse | 10 |
| DE Germany | — | 197 | 230 rec. | — | 1 | Manasse | 35 |
| GH Ghana | #635 | 166 | 156 rec. | — | — | Manasseh | 32 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #511 | 164 | 357 rec. | — | — | Manassè | 13 |
| PH Philippines | — | 151 | 121 rec. | — | — | Manasseh | 10 |
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Languages●
- English3.1K50%
- French1K17%
- Spanish5549%
- German3185%
- French (Côte d’Ivoire)1633%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 3,126 | 50% |
| French | 1,049 | 17% |
| Spanish | 554 | 9% |
| German | 318 | 5% |
| French (Côte d’Ivoire) | 163 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Manasse is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, aus der Bibel übernommener männl. Vom. hebräischer Herkunft (hebr. menasseh »der vergessen Machende«). Nach der Bibel war Manasse, der Ahnherr des gleichnamigen Stammes, der erstgeborene
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Italian, Nome biblico: 'il dimenticato'.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
one that makes forget
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
In Italian, Questo nome biblico, che significa a il dimentiaeto n si trova in qualche genealogia. Cogn. Manasse. Manasski. Ma è da escludere il piemontese Manassero, -nissero, che è man8é = monsarius, mansionariu8.
as a nameNomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche
In German, from Hebrew Menasseh 'making forget'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 |
| 2012 | 30 |
| 2013 | 29 |
| 2014 | 27 |
| 2015 | 28 |
| 2016 | 26 |
| 2017 | 27 |
| 2018 | 27 |
| 2019 | 27 |
| 2020 | 27 |
| 2021 | 26 |
GL Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) — 11 years between 2011–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Otto Manasseb. 1861PLHolocaust victim (born 1861)
- Waldeck Manasseb. 1864DEGerman politician (1864-1923)
- Paul Manasseb. 1866DEGerman university teacher (1866-1927)
- Ernesto Manasseb. 1875ITmineralogist (1875-1922)
- Georg Manasseb. 1893DEGerman merchant (1893-1980)
- Käthe Manasseb. 1905DEjudge (1905–1994)
- Paolo Manasseb. 1958GBeconomist (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna; Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA))
- Mark Manasseb. 1958USAmerican mathematician
- Alexander Manasseb. 1962production designer (born 1962)
- Maegan Manasseb. 1995USUS female tennis player
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).
Evidence●
Attested in 35 sources across 21 countries.
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 2026-09-12 data build · 61 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Manasse?
- We estimate roughly 812 people bear Manasse (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
- In which country does Manasse have the most bearers?
- Manasse is most frequently recorded in Nigeria, where it is most often spelled manasseh.
- How common is Manasse compared with other names?
- In the Congo - Kinshasa, Manasse is the 511th most common given name of 18,770 given names recorded there.
- What does the name Manasse mean?
- Recorded meaning: from the Biblical Hebrew personal name Manasseh, from nashah ‘make to forget’.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Manasse” — the 511th most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.