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    The surname Moncayo

    A surname, carried by 2,006 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M520

    Moncayo: #14,794 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Moncayo #14,794, 2,006 people Moncayo: #14,794 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Moncayo #14,794, 2,006 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moncayo is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,006 people named Moncayo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,911 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,483.

    #14,794
    rank among US surnames
    2,006
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,510)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,787Malan2,007153,834
    #14,794Groat2,006153,911
    #14,799Wegman2,005153,988
    #14,803Nazarian2,004154,065

    Who is named Moncayo

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

    91% of people named Moncayo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Moncayo

    Moncayo has the Soundex code M520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Moncayo?
    2,006 people in the United States had the surname Moncayo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,911 Americans. It ranked 14,794th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moncayo?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Moncayo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Moncayo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,006 in 2010, up 35%.