# Monson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/monson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Swedish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Swedish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,425 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,424 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,616 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (9,970 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Respelling of Swedish Månsson.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Monson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Monson in Luhansk People's Republic and the United States.

## People named Monson

- Jeff Monson, American mixed martial artist
- Shaun Monson, American filmmaker

## Similar surnames

Munson, Manson, Monzon, Monsen, Minson, Moncion, Mongeon, Mancini, Manzano, Mangum, Monaghan, Manzanares.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.