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    The surname Money

    A surname, carried by 6,420 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M500

    Money: #5,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Money #5,421, 6,420 people Money: #5,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Money #5,421, 6,420 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Money is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, from the noun money. Compare Minter, Monier. * As an Irish surname, variant of Mooney. * As a French surname, variant of Monnet, itself a variant of Monet.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,420 people named Money in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,091 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,261.

    #5,421
    rank among US surnames
    6,420
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,143)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,412Chevalier6,43148,009
    #5,413Ritz6,43048,016
    #5,414Fell6,42948,024
    #5,415Umana6,42648,046
    #5,417Theis6,42548,054
    #5,418Theriot6,42448,061
    #5,419Gist6,42248,076

    Who is named Money

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

    85% of people named Money identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Money

    Money has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Money come from?
    * As an English surname, from the noun money. Compare Minter, Monier. * As an Irish surname, variant of Mooney. * As a French surname, variant of Monnet, itself a variant of Monet.
    How common is the surname Money?
    6,420 people in the United States had the surname Money in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,091 Americans. It ranked 5,421st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Money?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Money identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Money getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,261 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,420 in 2010, up 2.5%.