How common is the surname Mungo?

1,382 people in the United States had the surname Mungo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,405 Americans. It ranked 19,538th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mungo getting more or less common?

More common. 1,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,382 in 2010, up 4.1%.

Is Mungo also a first name?

Yes. Mungo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Mungo

A Scottish Gaelic nickname surname, carried by 1,382 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M520 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mungo is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

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)”).

Mungo is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,382 people named Mungo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,405 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,327.

#19,538

rank among US surnames

1,382

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,994)

Who is named Mungo

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

52% of people named Mungo identified as Black (not Hispanic), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 52%
White (not Hispanic) 41%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mungo

Mungo has the Soundex code M520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M520.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mungo come from?: 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)”).
How common is the surname Mungo?: 1,382 people in the United States had the surname Mungo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,405 Americans. It ranked 19,538th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mungo?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Mungo identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Mungo?: Mungo is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Mungo getting more or less common?: More common. 1,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,382 in 2010, up 4.1%.
Is Mungo also a first name?: Yes. Mungo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.