How common is the surname Moncada?

8,574 people in the United States had the surname Moncada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,010 Americans. It ranked 4,134th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Moncada?

Princess Marie-Esméralda, Lady Moncada, Belgian princess, youngest child of Leopold III of Belgium and Lilian, Princess of Réthy.

Where is the surname Moncada most common?

Wikidata records people named Moncada in Belgium.

Is the surname Moncada getting more or less common?

More common. 6,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,574 in 2010, up 41%.

The surname Moncada

A Spanish place surname, carried by 8,574 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moncada is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Moncada, a habitational surname derived from Catalan Montcada.

Moncada is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,574 people named Moncada in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,010 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,096.

#4,134

rank among US surnames

8,574

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+40.6%

change since 2000 (was #5,257)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,125	Spalding	8,601	35,896
#4,126	Deanda	8,600	35,901
#4,127	Calabrese	8,599	35,905
#4,128	Matheny	8,595	35,922
#4,129	Yuan	8,588	35,951
#4,130	Harbin	8,587	35,955
#4,131	Molnar	8,586	35,959

Who is named Moncada

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

90% of people named Moncada identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 7.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Moncadas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Princess Marie-Esméralda, Lady Moncada
Belgian princess, youngest child of Leopold III of Belgium and Lilian, Princess of Réthy, born 1956

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Moncada come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Moncada, a habitational surname derived from Catalan Montcada.
How common is the surname Moncada?: 8,574 people in the United States had the surname Moncada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,010 Americans. It ranked 4,134th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moncada?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Moncada identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Moncada?: Princess Marie-Esméralda, Lady Moncada, Belgian princess, youngest child of Leopold III of Belgium and Lilian, Princess of Réthy.
Where is the surname Moncada most common?: Wikidata records people named Moncada in Belgium.
What type of surname is Moncada?: Moncada is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Moncada getting more or less common?: More common. 6,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,574 in 2010, up 41%.