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    The surname Monje

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,669 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Monje is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish, from monje. Doublet of Monk.

    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 1,669 people named Monje in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,988 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,436.

    #17,026
    rank among US surnames
    1,669
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,943)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,026Kassa1,669184,988
    #17,033Burdge1,668185,099

    Who is named Monje

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

    81% of people named Monje identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.7%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Monjes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mario Monje
      Bolivian politician (1929-2019)
    • Vicente Monje
      Argentinian footballer, born 1981

    Notable Monjes come mostly from Bolivia (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Monje

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Monje come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish, from monje. Doublet of Monk.
    How common is the surname Monje?
    1,669 people in the United States had the surname Monje in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,988 Americans. It ranked 17,026th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Monje?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Monje identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Monje?
    Mario Monje, Bolivian politician (1929-2019), followed by Vicente Monje.
    Where is the surname Monje most common?
    Wikidata records people named Monje in Bolivia and Argentina.
    Is the surname Monje getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,669 in 2010, up 16%.