Last Name MONKS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Dutch, Irish

Rank	11,807 (2000 US census)	11,488 (1990 US census)

Count	2,430 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.21%, or 2265 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.11%, or 27 total occurrences, as black,
0.41%, or 10 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.49%, or 12 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.69%, or 41 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.09%, or 75 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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