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    The surname Monroy

    A place surname, carried by 14,673 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M560

    Monroy: #2,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Monroy #2,456, 14,673 people Monroy: #2,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Monroy #2,456, 14,673 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Monroy is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    From Monroy, Spanish origin, specifically a habitational name derived from the place name Monroy in the province of Cáceres, Spain. The name is believed to mean "red mountain".

    Monroy is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,673 people named Monroy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,042 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,215.

    #2,456
    rank among US surnames
    14,673
    people in 2010
    5.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +59.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,540)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,447Lira14,75820,921
    #2,448Schuler14,74520,939
    #2,449Unger14,73820,949
    #2,450Mojica14,73720,950
    #2,451Rudd14,73220,957
    #2,452Demarco14,73120,959
    #2,453Hummel14,71520,982

    Who is named Monroy

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

    93% of people named Monroy identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Monroy

    Monroy has the Soundex code M560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M560.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Monroy come from?
    From Monroy, Spanish origin, specifically a habitational name derived from the place name Monroy in the province of Cáceres, Spain. The name is believed to mean "red mountain".
    How common is the surname Monroy?
    14,673 people in the United States had the surname Monroy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,042 Americans. It ranked 2,456th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Monroy?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Monroy identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Monroy?
    Monroy is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Monroy getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,673 in 2010, up 59%.