How common is the surname Moniz?

5,775 people in the United States had the surname Moniz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,462 Americans. It ranked 5,958th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moniz?

In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Moniz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Moniz?

Ernest Moniz, 13th United States Secretary of Energy, followed by Wendy Moniz.

Where is the surname Moniz most common?

Wikidata records people named Moniz in the United States.

Is the surname Moniz getting more or less common?

More common. 5,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,775 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Moniz

A Portuguese surname, carried by 5,775 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moniz is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Portuguese origin

Borrowed from Portuguese Moniz.

One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,775 people named Moniz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,462 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,666.

#5,958

rank among US surnames

5,775

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,618)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,954	Bartz	5,781	53,407
#5,956	Moats	5,778	53,435
#5,957	Petro	5,777	53,444
#5,958	Hagler	5,775	53,462

Who is named Moniz

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

78% of people named Moniz identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 6.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
Two or more races 6.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Monizs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ernest Moniz
13th United States Secretary of Energy, born 1944
Wendy Moniz
American television actress, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moniz

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

Other Portuguese surnames

All 71 Portuguese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Moniz come from?: Borrowed from Portuguese Moniz.
How common is the surname Moniz?: 5,775 people in the United States had the surname Moniz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,462 Americans. It ranked 5,958th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moniz?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Moniz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Moniz?: Ernest Moniz, 13th United States Secretary of Energy, followed by Wendy Moniz.
Where is the surname Moniz most common?: Wikidata records people named Moniz in the United States.
Is the surname Moniz getting more or less common?: More common. 5,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,775 in 2010, up 1.9%.