The Monson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,425 people carried this name — #3,424 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 9,970 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Monson surname

Respelling of Swedish Månsson.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Monson» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As a surname in the United Kingdom

Harrison explains it as ‘Monk's Son’.

Or the same name as Manson.

From Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. II (London: The Morland Press, 1918), p. 27 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 204 people named Monson 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 141
Córdoba 32
Santa Fe 20
City of Buenos Aires 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Monson was counted together with Munson: 105 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 585 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Munson, Monsen, Monson. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 64
Massachusetts 9
Maine 8
Vermont 8
New York 7
South Carolina 5
New Hampshire 2
Pennsylvania 1
North Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 254 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Monson in American newspapers,
1912–1919.

Newspaper page from Smyrna Times carrying the name Monson
Smyrna Times 1913-01-01
Newspaper page from The Sisseton Weekly Standard carrying the name Monson
The Sisseton Weekly Standard 1919-06-27
Newspaper page from The News-herald carrying the name Monson
The News-herald 1912-12-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 83,539 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Monson in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

4,867 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Monson. The most, 944, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,532
Tasmania 1,109
Victoria 925
Queensland 572
South Australia 392
Western Australia 294
ACT (Canberra) 22
Northern Territory 5

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Monson.

Who carried it

People named Monson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean Sinclair Alexander d. 1983
  • John Monson d. 1378
  • Elizabeth Sheffield d. 1573
  • Margaret Belwood d. 1570
  • Robert Monson d. 1555
  • Gilbert Monson d. 1555

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Monson,
in the records of 6 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 States728 records

728 records of the Monson name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 281
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 157
  • Other U.S. records 290
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joseph Monson

    Born 1949; from Atlanta, Georgia. U.S. Army, ah-1 attack helicopter repairer; died in an accident 1970 in Binh Long, South Vietnam. Buried at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edith Monson

    Born 1902 in North Dakota. Enlisted 1943 in the Women's Army Corps at Chicago, Illinois; secretary. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Grafton City Cemetery, North Dakota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ole Monson

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Umbria from Liverpool, aged 22; laborer. From Gothenburg, Sweden; bound for Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 728 records for Monson in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia212 records

212 records of the Monson name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 98
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 59
  • Other Australian records 55
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Francis James Monson

    Born 1875 in Ulverstone, Tasmania. Married 1897 in Ulverstone, Tasmania, aged 22.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Monson

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Lightning, aged 14; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Stanley Roy Monson

    Retired carpenter of Thornbury, Victoria; died 1986.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 212 records for Monson in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada21 records

21 records of the Monson name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • Other Canadian records 11
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gilmour Laverne Monson

    Died 1998, aged 66; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jessie Ann Monson

    Died 1926 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Merval Theodore Monson

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 21 records for Monson in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands15 records

15 records of the Monson name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 11
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 4
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johannes Petrus Monson

    In the population register of Amsterdam; typesetter, born 1817 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Piere Monson

    Married in 1651 in Nijmegen.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Nijmegen (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Dirck Monson

    Buried in 1700 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Monson in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

New Zealand4 records

4 records of the Monson name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 2
  • Marlborough District cemetery records 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Robert Duke Monson

    Died 1957, aged 66; buried at Omaka Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Emily Elizabeth Monson

    Died 1971, aged 55; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Francis Edward Monson

    Died 1998, aged 78; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Monson in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France2 records

2 records of the Monson name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Paul Monson

    Born 1935 in Algeria; died 1998 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Carmen Monson

    Born 1912 in Algeria; died 1990 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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