The Moniz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,775 people carried this name — #5,958 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,666 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Moniz live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 21 people named Moniz 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 print
Moniz in American newspapers,
1918–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,385 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Moniz in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.
93 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Moniz. The most, 28, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.1 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Moniz.
Who carried it
People named Moniz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Egas Moniz IV de Ribadouro 1080–1146 -
Febo Moniz 1515–1580 · prelate -
António Moniz Barreto 1530–1600 · military personnel
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José Maria da Fonseca Moniz 1794–1862 · politician -
Matilde Isabel de Santana e Vasconcelos Moniz de Betencourt 1805–1888 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Egas Moniz IV de Ribadouro: Travelholic Path, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 67 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Moniz,
in the records of 4 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States425 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 202
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 116
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 33
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Antone T. MonizBorn 1918 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Boston; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at St Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, Massachusetts.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Jean Picard MonizArrived at New York in 1894 aboard the Veendam from Boulogne and Rotterdam, aged 23; tailor. From France.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Richard MonizU.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1933, died 1985; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 425 records for Moniz in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Australia6 records
- Queensland State Archives indexes 4
- NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Jacob M. MonizArrived in Victoria in 1907 aboard the Dumbea, aged 44.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Jacinta Roza MonizOf Ashfield, New South Wales; died 1932.
Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record John MonizTook out a mineral lease at Cloncurry, Queensland in 1908.
Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 6 records for Moniz in Australia.
Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
France3 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Guy Marc MonizBorn 1947 in Lourdes; died 1993 in Lamarque-Pontacq (Hautes-Pyrénées).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 1 of 3 records for Moniz in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Canada2 records
- Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Durval Roberto MonizBuried in 1995 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 21.
Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Manuel De Melo MonizDied 2000; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Counts: Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moniz.
- Monico 1,318 · U.S. census
- Monie 365 · U.S. census
- Monier 959 · U.S. census
- Monin 380 · U.S. census
- Moniot 235 · U.S. census
- Monique 116 · U.S. census
- Monk 12,103 · U.S. census
- Monnat 262 · U.S. census
- Monnet 184 · U.S. census
- Monney 176 · U.S. census
- Monnie 166 · U.S. census
- Monnier 1,163 · U.S. census
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