as a Last Name
- 5,146
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Manchester
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from the city in northwestern England, formerly part of Lancashire. This is so called from Mamucio (an ancient British name containing the element mammā ‘breast’, and meaning ‘breastshaped hill’) + Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’).
| 5,811th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,146
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Manchester per capita
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