Munroe is used as a family name or surname in The Bahamas. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Munroe
No. of characters: 6
Origin: The Bahamas
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Munroe

How popular is Munroe?

Munroe is common in The Bahamas.

Munroe is ranked 25641 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Munroes grew by 10.40965 per cent to 6226 since 2000 and ranked 5583 after elevating 63 spots. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 73.26 77.89
Black 20.41 16.63
Hispanic or Latino 3.24 2.5
Others 1.57 1.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.85 0.64
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.66 0.53
Munroe is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while The Bahamas is ahead in terms of density. Around 19943 people have been found who wears Munroe as their family name. Munroe is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
616,339 India10
932 Bermuda9
11,480 Japan4
10,686 Costa Rica3
184,212 France3
119,730 Brazil3
723,167 Indonesia2
21,529 Singapore2
12,161 Wales2
3,014 Taiwan2
40,256 Mexico2
3,670 Mozambique2
17,547 Colombia2
6,900 Oman2
631 Swaziland2
50,640 Switzerland2
118,441 Germany2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
10,190 Bahrain1
53,033 Nigeria1
174,544 Czech Republic1
50,549 Georgia1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
1,879 Belize1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
66,560 Philippines1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
118,015 Netherlands1
492,292 Ukraine1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
395 Grenada42
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
1,064 Barbados23
284 Cayman Islands22
4,647 Thailand21
83,233 Spain16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
Countries with hundreds of Munroe:
155 Guyana745
5,431 Australia548
477 Trinidad and Tobago474
15,361 South Africa402
4,956 New Zealand154
3,199 Ireland126
4,630 Scotland125
Countries with thousands of Munroe:
4,886 United States8,118
1,265 Canada4,041
229 Jamaica1,910
4,725 England1,559
46 The Bahamas1,367
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Henry Munroe worked as farmer and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 26 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Siddons and arrived on March 28, 1846. William Munroe, aged 21, Margt. Munroe (30) Maid, Workman Aaron Munroe, Workman Patrick Munroe, 17 years old Mary Munroe, John Munroe, aged 35, Jno. Munroe, aged 34, 30 years old Ellen Munroe, and 12 other Munroe around 53.33% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Munroe Namesakes

  • Adina Munroe, Myles Munroe's sister
  • Carmen Munroe, Actress
  • James Phinney Munroe, Author
  • Carmen Munroe, Actress
  • Bueford Munroe Gile, Author
  • James Munroe, Politician
  • Candece Munroe, Set decorator
  • Carmen Munroe, Actress
  • Chae Munroe, Actress
  • Charisa Munroe, Myles Munroe's daughter

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