How common is the surname Monzon?

6,151 people in the United States had the surname Monzon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,194 Americans. It ranked 5,646th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Monzon?

Pedro Monzón, Argentine association football player and manager, followed by Carlos Monzón.

Where is the surname Monzon most common?

Wikidata records people named Monzon in Argentina and Spain.

Is the surname Monzon getting more or less common?

More common. 4,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,151 in 2010, up 47%.

The surname Monzon

A Spanish surname, carried by 6,151 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Monzon is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Monzón.

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 6,151 people named Monzon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,194 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,183.

#5,646

rank among US surnames

6,151

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+47%

change since 2000 (was #7,336)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,637	Chalmers	6,166	50,072
#5,638	Weiland	6,163	50,097
#5,639	Trask	6,162	50,105
#5,640	Cooks	6,157	50,145
#5,641	Lui	6,156	50,154
#5,642	Latta	6,155	50,162
#5,645	Salyers	6,152	50,186

Who is named Monzon

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

84% of people named Monzon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
Asian and Pacific Islander 9.0%
White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Two or more races 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Monzons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pedro Monzón
Argentine association football player and manager, born 1962
Carlos Monzón
Argentine boxer (1942-1995)
Telesforo Monzón
Basque writer, politician and nationalist leader (1904-1981)

Notable Monzons come mostly from Argentina (2) and Spain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Monzon

Monzon has the Soundex code M525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M525.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Monzon come from?: From Spanish Monzón.
How common is the surname Monzon?: 6,151 people in the United States had the surname Monzon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,194 Americans. It ranked 5,646th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Monzon?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Monzon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Monzon?: Pedro Monzón, Argentine association football player and manager, followed by Carlos Monzón.
Where is the surname Monzon most common?: Wikidata records people named Monzon in Argentina and Spain.
Is the surname Monzon getting more or less common?: More common. 4,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,151 in 2010, up 47%.