The MUNROE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	5,639	5646	0.002	21
United States (1880 census)	3,101	1961	0.006	62
Change since 1880	+2538	-3685	-0.004	-41
Other Countries
Australia	197	7665	0.001	12
United Kingdom	903	5709	0.002	20

Top States for MUNROE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Massachusetts	813	1028	0.013	128
Florida	751	2552	0.005	47
New York	487	3687	0.003	26
California	410	6308	0.001	12
New Hampshire	253	695	0.020	205
Top States for MUNROE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Hampshire	253	695	0.020	205
Rhode Island	149	935	0.014	142
Massachusetts	813	1028	0.013	128
Maine	134	1646	0.011	105
Connecticut	174	2385	0.005	51

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MUNROE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MUNROE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MUNROE in Massachusetts than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MUNROE by picking someone at random in New Hampshire than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MUNROE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MUNROE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MUNROE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MUNROE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	938	16.63
White (Hispanic)	141	2.5
Mixed Race	102	1.81
Asian/Pacific	36	0.64
Native American/Alaskan	30	0.53
White (Caucasian)	4,392	77.89

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MUNROE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to MUNROE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MUNROE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.