Manca

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Manca is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname7.2K records spelled Manca6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Belgium, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Mäncä

• Spanish surname5.6K records spelled Manca3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Spain, Italy, United States

  Also written Manča, Mancá

• Croatian surname843 records spelled Manca10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Slovenia, United States, Croatia

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian

  Also written Манца, Manča

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Manca 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 Portuguese, feminine singular of manco

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A mancus (old coin)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, left hand

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, sobrenome sardo; da língua local manka, 'mão esquerda', por extensão 'canhoto'

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Asturian, third-person singular present indicative of mancar

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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●

SI SURS — Najpogostejša imena in priimki (population register) — 33 years between 1992–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Albino Mancab. 1897ITItalian sculptor (1897-1976)
• Enrico Mancab. 1931ITItalian journalist and politician (1931-2011)
• Paolo Mancab. 1942ITItalian politician
• Massimo Mancab. 1964ITAmerican-football player (1964-)
• Francesco Mancab. 1966ITItalian astronomer
• Federico Mancab. 1969ITItalian chess player
• Tiziano Mancab. 1970ITItalian composer
• Yohan Mancab. 1989film director, screenwriter and actor
• Ludivine Mancab. 1995FRFrench actress
• L. Mancabotanist, active 2002

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 96 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Manca?

We estimate roughly 2.0 thousand people bear Manca (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Manca have the most bearers?

Manca is most frequently recorded in Italy, where it is most often spelled manca.

How common is Manca compared with other names?

In Italy, Manca is the 375th most common surname of 512,490 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Manca mean?

Recorded meaning: nickname for a left-handed person, from Sardinian (manu) manka ‘left hand’, hence by extension a nickname for a left-handed person (see Manco).