How rare is the last name Monk?

11,209 people in the United States have the last name Monk, about 1 in 26,666. It ranks #3,134 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MONK

#3,134

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,209
About
1 in 26,666
This common or more
53.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,209 people with the last name Monk, 75.3% reported their origin as White, 15.8% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Monk

#3,131 Ramon · 11,224#3,133 Zook · 11,222#3,135 Cowart · 11,207#3,136 Barclay · 11,206

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Monk, most common first.

#12,618 Monks · 2,336#14,757 Mong · 1,932#59,236 Mons · 369#95,802 Monck · 204#98,501 Monke · 197#100,083 Monko · 193#102,571 Monka · 187#142,788 Monek · 119

Also a first name

As a first name, Monk ranks #48,328 of 53,615, with 132 people. See Monk as a first name

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