How common is the surname Monks?

2,527 people in the United States had the surname Monks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,179 Americans. It ranked 12,303rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Monks?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Monks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Monks getting more or less common?

More common. 2,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,527 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Monks

A surname, carried by 2,527 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Monks is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,527 people named Monks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,179 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,430.

#12,303

rank among US surnames

2,527

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #11,807)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,296	Scheidt	2,528	122,130
#12,303	Wolk	2,527	122,179
#12,307	Reider	2,526	122,227
#12,312	Bradburn	2,525	122,275

Who is named Monks

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

90% of people named Monks identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Monks

Monks 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 Monks?: 2,527 people in the United States had the surname Monks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,179 Americans. It ranked 12,303rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Monks?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Monks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Monks getting more or less common?: More common. 2,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,527 in 2010, up 4.0%.