Munro

Munro is the 5,071st most common surname in the United States, shared by 6,701 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 44,600.

By the numbers

People: 6,701
Rank: 5,071st
How common: 1 in 44,600
Per 100,000: 2.2

Where the name comes from

Origin Scottish Gaelic

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Munro described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 86.1%
Hispanic or Latino 4.7%
Black, not Hispanic 4.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Munro

Alice Munro (1931–2024)Canadian writer
Caroline Munro (born 1949)English actress and model
Lochlyn Munro (born 1966)Canadian actor
Burt Munro (1899–1978)New Zealand motorcycle racer
Janet Munro (1934–1972)English actress
Dunc Munro (1901–1958)ice hockey player
Alexander Munro (1870–1934)British strongman, wrestler, and tug of war competitor
Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet (1761–1827)Scottish soldier and colonial administrator

People named Munro with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Munro

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.