Manga Family History
Manga Name Meaning
Spanish: topographic name from manga ‘space between two palisades converging on the entrance to a corral’. Portuguese and Spanish: nickname or topographic name from manga (from Malay mangga from Tamil mānkāy) a term meaning ‘mango’ in Portuguese and a variety of this tree and its fruit in Spanish. West African (Senegal and the Gambia): name found mainly among the Soninke people apparently based on the title of a king of the former Ghanaian Empire. Central African (Cameroon): unexplained. East African (Tanzania Kenya): unexplained. Indian (Punjab Haryana): Saini and Sikh habitational name from a village called Manga in Lahore Pakistan. Alternatively it may be from the personal name of Bhai Manga who was a musician and one of Guru Nanak's leading disciples in the early 16th century.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022