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    The surname Munro

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 6,918 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M560

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Munro is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    From Scottish Gaelic * (mountains): Named after Scottish mountaineer Sir Hugh Thomas Munro.

    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 6,918 people named Munro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,629 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,551.

    #5,067
    rank among US surnames
    6,918
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,928)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,062Haight6,92944,558
    #5,064Salyer6,92644,578
    #5,066Verduzco6,92344,597
    #5,067Munro6,91844,629

    Who is named Munro

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

    90% of people named Munro identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Munros

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Thalia Munro
      American water polo player, born 1982
    • William Munro
      British botanist (1818-1880)
    • Aubree Munro
      American softball player, born 1993

    Notable Munros come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Munro

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

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Munro come from?
    From Scottish Gaelic * (mountains): Named after Scottish mountaineer Sir Hugh Thomas Munro.
    How common is the surname Munro?
    6,918 people in the United States had the surname Munro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,629 Americans. It ranked 5,067th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Munro?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Munro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Munro?
    Thalia Munro, American water polo player, followed by William Munro.
    Where is the surname Munro most common?
    Wikidata records people named Munro in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Munro getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,918 in 2010, up 5.6%.