# Mona (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mona/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 672 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,856 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 459,443 people |
| Change since 2000 | -16.7% (807 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmoʊ̯nə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Muadhnait, from Middle Irish múad (“noble”). In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monica or, rarely, of Ramona, and sometimes associated with the title of da Vinci's painting Mona (=madonna) Lisa. The Arabic and Persian name مُنىٰ (munā) is sometimes Romanised as Mona.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mona in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 19% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 10% |

## Similar surnames

Moon, Mena, Moen, Money, Mina, Mohn, Mon, Monn, Mohan, Mahone, Mahony, Mann.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.