How common is the surname Monaghan?

7,968 people in the United States had the surname Monaghan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,748 Americans. It ranked 4,452nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Monaghan?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Monaghan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Monaghan?

Michelle Monaghan, American actress (born 1976), followed by Cameron Monaghan.

Where is the surname Monaghan most common?

Wikidata records people named Monaghan in the United States.

How do you pronounce Monaghan?

Monaghan is /ˈmʌnəhən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Monaghan getting more or less common?

More common. 7,613 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,968 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Monaghan

An Irish surname, carried by 7,968 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmʌnəhən/ 3 syllables Soundex M525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Monaghan is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Borrowed from Irish Muineachán. The surname derives from an anglicization of Irish Ó Manacháin.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,968 people named Monaghan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,748 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,613.

#4,452

rank among US surnames

7,968

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,315)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,444	Vaca	7,982	38,680
#4,445	Magnuson	7,980	38,690
#4,446	Keyser	7,978	38,700
#4,447	Allman	7,977	38,704
#4,448	Durkin	7,975	38,714
#4,449	Alvarenga	7,973	38,724
#4,451	Segal	7,972	38,729

Who is named Monaghan

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Monaghan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Monaghans

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michelle Monaghan
American actress (born 1976)
Cameron Monaghan
American actor and model, born 1993
Tom Monaghan
American entrepreneur who founded Domino's Pizza in 1960
Marjorie Monaghan
American actress, born 1964
Paige Cronin
American soccer player, born 1996

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Monaghan

Monaghan has the Soundex code M525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M525.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Monaghan come from?: Borrowed from Irish Muineachán. The surname derives from an anglicization of Irish Ó Manacháin.
How common is the surname Monaghan?: 7,968 people in the United States had the surname Monaghan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,748 Americans. It ranked 4,452nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Monaghan?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Monaghan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Monaghan?: Michelle Monaghan, American actress (born 1976), followed by Cameron Monaghan.
Where is the surname Monaghan most common?: Wikidata records people named Monaghan in the United States.
How do you pronounce Monaghan?: Monaghan is /ˈmʌnəhən/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Monaghan getting more or less common?: More common. 7,613 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,968 in 2010, up 4.7%.