The Monzon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,151 people carried this name — #5,646 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,800 people counted. That is up 47% from 4,183 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Monzon surname
From Spanish Monzón.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Monzon» (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 55,649 people named Monzon 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 46 people named Monzon.
Most of them — 25 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Monzon live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 print
Monzon in American newspapers,
1914–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,053 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Monzon in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1970s.
42 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Monzon. The most, 25, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Monzon.
Who carried it
People named Monzon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dan Monzon 1946–1996 · baseball player
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Béatrice Uria-Monzon 1963–2025 · performing artist
Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Monzon,
in the records of 2 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 States91 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 60
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 16
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 11
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Andrew MonzonBorn 1907 in Puerto Rico. Enlisted 1942 at New York City, from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Rudolph MonzonU.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1982; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Joaquina MonzonBorn 1875 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Los Angeles County, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 91 records for Monzon in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
France22 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Leonce MonzonBorn 1939 in Morocco; died 2001 in Créteil (Val-de-Marne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Petra MonzonBorn 1901 in Spain; died 2001 in Vienne (Isère).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jeanne Bernadette Emilie MonzonBorn 1910 in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon; died 1999 in Saint-Affrique (Aveyron).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 22 records for Monzon 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Monzon.
- Montoya 71,844 · U.S. census
- Montreuil 464 · U.S. census
- Monty 1,614 · U.S. census
- Monville 268 · U.S. census
- Mony 145 · U.S. census
- Monzo 873 · U.S. census
- Moody 64,429 · U.S. census
- Moog 653 · U.S. census
- Moon 45,528 · U.S. census
- Moonen 364 · U.S. census
- Mooney 33,555 · U.S. census
- Moons 186 · U.S. census
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