The Moncada surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,574 people carried this name — #4,134 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,400 people counted. That is up 41% from 6,096 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Moncada surname
Borrowed from Spanish Moncada, a habitational surname derived from Catalan Montcada.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Moncada» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,509 people named Moncada 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
81 people named Moncada live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Moncada.
Most of them — 53 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Moncada live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Moncada in American newspapers,
1927–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,769 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moncada,
with a public archive behind them.
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Federico Moncada d. 1561 · military personnel -
Antonio III Moncada d. 1549 · politician -
Antonio I Moncada d. 1415 · politician -
Guglielmo Raimondo II Moncada d. 1348 · politician
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Guglielmo Raimondo III Moncada d. 1398 · politician
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Ot III de Montcada d. 1421
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moncada.
- Momper 178 · U.S. census
- Mona 672 · U.S. census
- Monaco 8,198 · U.S. census
- Monard 125 · U.S. census
- Monari 133 · U.S. census
- Monat 295 · U.S. census
- Monce 221 · U.S. census
- Monceaux 916 · U.S. census
- Monchamp 125 · U.S. census
- Moncla 144 · U.S. census
- Moncus 508 · U.S. census
- Monde 280 · U.S. census
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