The Mona surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 672 people carried this name — #33,856 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 17% from 807 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 167 people named Mona.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Mona live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 64 people named Mona live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
27 people named Mona is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Mona,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emil Mona 1883–1968 · farmer -
Domenico Mona 1550–1602 · painter
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Ilona Mona 1921–
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István Móna 1940–2010 · modern pentathlete
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Martino Mona 1972– · jurist
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Caterina Mona 1973– · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mona.
- Molteni 148 · U.S. census
- Molter 1,800 · U.S. census
- Molton 698 · U.S. census
- Momon 606 · U.S. census
- Momot 216 · U.S. census
- Momper 178 · U.S. census
- Monaco 8,198 · U.S. census
- Monard 125 · U.S. census
- Monari 133 · U.S. census
- Monat 295 · U.S. census
- Moncada 8,574 · U.S. census
- Monce 221 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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