Money is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, France, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Money
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, France, England
Meaning:

Denominations of. How such names as Farthing, Halfpenny, Penny, Twopenny, Thickpenny, Moneypenny, Manypenny, Pennymore, Grote, Tester, Ducat, etc., became hereditary surnames, or even surnames at all, it is not very easy to determine. Perhaps most of them are corruptions of other words. Pound, Angel, Noble, Mark, and Bodle, though denominations of money, are derived with much greater probability from other sources.

Monnay, a place in Normandy, department of Orne. Hence the De Mony of the Hundred Rolls. The Le Money of those records is probably blundered from Le Moyne, the Monk.

One who came from Monnale meaning "mint," in France.

How popular is Money?

Money is common in United States, England, Nigeria, Canada, Ghana, Australia, Ivory Coast, Bangladesh, Italy, New Zealand, Algeria, India, France, Indonesia, Scotland, South Africa.

Money is ranked 34391 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Money bearers increased by 2.54 per cent in 2010 US census to 6420 since 2000, the surname slipped by 278 spots and ranked at 5421. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.78 85.9
Black 9.22 9.54
Hispanic or Latino 2.31 1.9
Others 1.96 1.45
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.29 0.78
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.44 0.43
Money is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 15427 people have been found who wears Money as their family name. Money is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Money:
5,511 United States8,032
3,202 England2,430
Countries with hundreds of Money:
11,398 Nigeria943
9,038 Canada455
6,785 Ghana416
8,074 Australia398
3,512 Ivory Coast386
11,259 Bangladesh360
32,948 Italy252
3,376 New Zealand236
24,678 Algeria182
118,643 India167
59,152 France165
64,043 Indonesia156
3,652 Scotland140
42,056 South Africa103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,074 Malaysia94
33,137 Cameroon55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,534 Wales50
7,477 Liberia48
15,675 Niger30
88,124 Argentina26
54,547 Spain22
11,611 Singapore21
236,959 Brazil18
49,949 Pakistan17
63,831 Zimbabwe15
192,576 Philippines14
5,995 China12
17,636 Ecuador11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
248,660 Germany10
447,191 Thailand9
48,153 Egypt9
4,903 Angola9
1,868 Mali9
63,315 Switzerland8
94,797 Netherlands7
17,588 Burkina Faso7
15,196 Solomon Islands7
35,997 Chile6
118,663 Papua New Guinea6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Money worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Waterloo and arrived on June 1, 1846. Spinster Hannah Money, Workman John Money, 28 years old James Money, Michael Money (28) Workman, Bernard Money, aged 26, Mary Money, Mathew Money, aged 30, Maria Money (11) Immigrant, and 21 other Money around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer migrated to US from Liverpool, Glasgow and Belfast.

From Germany

Laborer Francis Money from France aboard the City Of Berlin from Liverpool & Queenstown. He is registered to be 29 years old when he arrived in USA on September 1, 1879. Alphonse Money, aged 21, Hub. Money (26) Founder, 26 years old Hub. Money, Steward Louis Money, are others that migrated to US.

Money Namesakes

  • Leo Chiozza Money, Italian-born economic theorist
  • Ernle Money, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Ipswich
  • Owen Money, Welsh musician, actor, comedian
  • Curley Money, American rockabilly musician
  • John Money, psychologist, sexologist and author
  • Ken Money, Senior Scientist at the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
  • Eddie Money, American singer
  • Constance Money, performer
  • P Money, English grime MC from New Cross, South East London
  • Don Money, retired major league baseball player
  • Richard Money, English former footballer and manager
  • Hernando Money, American politician from the state of Mississippi
  • Zoot Money, English vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader
  • JT Money, American rap artist and the leader of Miami-based hip hop group Poison Clan
  • C. V. Money, American football, basketball, and baseball coach
  • GQ Money, American retired professional wrestler
  • Gee Money, American radio and television personality and actor
  • Campbell Money, Scottish former football goalkeeper and former manager of Stranraer
  • Eric Money, former American professional basketball player

Money Namesakes

  • Leo Chiozza Money, Italian-born economic theorist
  • Ernle Money, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Ipswich
  • Owen Money, Welsh musician, actor, comedian
  • Curley Money, American rockabilly musician
  • John Money, psychologist, sexologist and author
  • Ken Money, Senior Scientist at the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
  • Eddie Money, American singer
  • Constance Money, performer
  • P Money, English grime MC from New Cross, South East London
  • Don Money, retired major league baseball player
  • Richard Money, English former footballer and manager
  • Hernando Money, American politician from the state of Mississippi
  • Zoot Money, English vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader
  • JT Money, American rap artist and the leader of Miami-based hip hop group Poison Clan
  • C. V. Money, American football, basketball, and baseball coach
  • GQ Money, American retired professional wrestler
  • Gee Money, American radio and television personality and actor
  • Campbell Money, Scottish former football goalkeeper and former manager of Stranraer
  • Eric Money, former American professional basketball player

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