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Early Origins of the Manthey family

The surname Manthey was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held lands.

Early History of the Manthey family

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Manthey Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Manthey has been recorded under many different variations, including Mantaby, Mant, Mantabey, Mantebey and others.

Early Notables of the Manthey family

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Manthey Ranking

In the United States, the name Manthey is the 14,555th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Manthey migration to the United States +

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Manthey or a variant listed above:

Manthey Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Wilhelmine Manthey, aged 28, who arrived in America in 1839 2
  • Karl Christlieb Manthey, who landed in America in 1843 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Manthey (post 1700) +

  • John E. Manthey, American Republican politician, Candidate for Mayor of Norwood, Ohio, 1951 3
  • Charles Manthey, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1964 3

Bismarck
  • Herbert Manthey (1919-1945), German Matrosengefreiter serving aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he survived the sinking 4


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 16) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  4. Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details


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