Monroe Surname
Approximately 76,416 people bear this surname
Monroe Surname Definition:
(Celtic) Dweller at a Red Morass [Gaelic moine, a morass + ruadh (dh mute), red]
Read More About This SurnameMonroe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 71,553 | 1:5,066 | 566 |
| Brazil | 1,066 | 1:200,820 | 7,723 |
| Canada | 762 | 1:48,354 | 5,867 |
| Liberia | 441 | 1:9,997 | 1,108 |
| England | 360 | 1:154,772 | 14,673 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 221 | 1:6,172 | 951 |
| Australia | 185 | 1:145,923 | 15,562 |
| Peru | 168 | 1:189,191 | 8,999 |
| Jamaica | 144 | 1:19,930 | 1,749 |
| Philippines | 144 | 1:703,043 | 71,385 |
| Northern Ireland | 114 | 1:16,185 | 2,152 |
| Venezuela | 109 | 1:277,102 | 6,584 |
| Indonesia | 96 | 1:1,377,596 | 94,593 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| France | 82 | 1:810,033 | 97,301 |
| Argentina | 70 | 1:610,620 | 43,172 |
| Nicaragua | 58 | 1:103,812 | 1,919 |
| Mexico | 54 | 1:2,298,633 | 20,081 |
| South Africa | 54 | 1:1,003,291 | 61,925 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Panama | 37 | 1:105,737 | 3,952 |
| Chile | 36 | 1:489,346 | 12,617 |
| New Zealand | 36 | 1:125,787 | 15,451 |
| Scotland | 32 | 1:167,307 | 9,494 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Saint Lucia | 23 | 1:7,773 | 895 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Costa Rica | 17 | 1:281,181 | 3,072 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Italy | 16 | 1:3,822,293 | 103,776 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:193,408 | 12,484 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Guyana | 12 | 1:63,518 | 5,280 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Japan | 11 | 1:11,622,208 | 45,659 |
| Guatemala | 10 | 1:1,608,267 | 5,853 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Bahamas | 8 | 1:48,969 | 812 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1:1,143,919 | 35,564 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 75 | 1:59,065 | 4,671 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 74 | 1:329,397 | 21,471 |
| Scotland | 46 | 1:81,374 | 4,449 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14,300 | 1:3,512 | 418 |
Monroe (11,663) may also be a first name.
Monroe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) Dweller at a Red Morass [Gaelic moine, a morass + ruadh (dh mute), red]
Mac an Róthaich A Scottish surname adopted by some O’Mellans and some Milroys.
Bibl; MIF 173
(Scottish) One who came from near the Roe River in Derry, Ireland; dweller near a red swamp.
Local. Monadh Roe or Mont Roe, from the mount on the river Roe, in Ireland, whence the family came. Moine Roe, a mossy place on the Roe; M'unroe, from, of, or about the Roe. The river is sometimes written Munree.
User-submitted Reference
(Scottish) The surname Munro or Monroe means 'dweller at the peak'.
- dinn315Monroe Demographics
Average Male Monroe Height
176.7 cm
Average Female Monroe Height
162.17 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Monroe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Monroe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Monroe (Arabic: منرو) is most common in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Monroe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Monroe is the 7,441st most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,367 people. Monroe is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Monroe reside; 91 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 55,243rd most numerous given name globally. It is borne by 11,663 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 71,553 people, or 1 in 5,066. In The United States Monroe is most numerous in: Texas, where 9 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and North Carolina, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States it is found in 115 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Monroe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Monroe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Monroe surname grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 486 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 30 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 145 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Monroe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Monroe surname is predominantly Anglican (65%) in Ireland, Orthodox (82%) in Russia and Latin Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Monroe last name are 11.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.9% being registered with the party.
The amount Monroe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 44.58% less than the national average, earning 191,786 kr per year; in Peru they earn 62.57% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,514 per year; in South Africa they earn 52.67% less than the national average, earning R 112,464 per year; in Colombia they earn 23.29% less than the national average, earning $17,415,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.15% less than the national average, earning $40,495 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.74% more than the national average, earning $51,542 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Monroe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Monroe in the Arabic language | ||
| منرو | mnrw | - |
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Monroe Reference & Research
Monro Family Tree - Lots of details about the Monro family.
Munro FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Munro FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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