# Mungo (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,382 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,538 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 223,405 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (1,327 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Mungo. This was the nickname of Kentigern, better known as Saint Mungo, the founder and patron saint of Glasgow, and possibly comes from the Cumbric equivalent of the Welsh fy nghu (“my dear (one)”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mungo 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) | 41% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.4% |

## Similar surnames

Munguia, Mingo, Munk, Mango, Maung, Manago, Munoz, Munos, Mungia, Munz, Muniz, Mims.

## 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.