# Moncrief (surname)

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

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,665 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,171 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 66,183 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (4,452 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Moncrieff, Moncrieffe |

## Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a place near Perth, from Scottish Gaelic monadh (“mountain, hill”) + craoibhe, genitive of craobh (“tree”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Moncrief 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Moncrief in the United States.

## People named Moncrief

- Sidney Moncrief, American basketball player-coach

## Similar surnames

Monger, Mansour, Munger, Mangrum, Manjarrez, Mancera, Mansur, Minjarez, Manger, Monjaras, Minjares, Manzer.

## 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.