The Monnat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 262 people carried this name — #73,911 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 18% from 222 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
138 people named Monnat live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
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 51 people named Monnat.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Loire.
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.
Who carried it
People named Monnat,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Yves Monnat 1942–2023 · naturalist
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Daniel Monnat 1951– · writer
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Rachel Monnat 1979– · writer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Monnat.
- 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
- Monnet 184 · U.S. census
- Monney 176 · U.S. census
- Monnie 166 · U.S. census
- Monnier 1,163 · U.S. census
- Monnin 1,220 · U.S. census
- Monnot 341 · U.S. census
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