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Monk

in the US

There are 9,833 people with the last name "Monk" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Monk 2,845
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  1. is 2,841st most common Carrington
  2. is 2,842nd most common Cowart
  3. is 2,843rd most common Havens
  4. is 2,844th most common Krebs
  5. is 2,845th most common Monk
  6. is 2,846th most common Rupp
  7. is 2,847th most common Cason
  8. is 2,848th most common Longoria
  9. is 2,849th most common Mancini

Similar Names and Nicknames

Mink, Mincey, Muncy, Monks, Menke, Mance, Munch, Manke, Munk, Minch

Most Common First Names for Monk

James, David, John, Robert, William, Michael, Mary, Richard, Charles, Linda

Meaning & History

English: nickname for someone of monkish habits or appearance, or an occupational name for a servant employed at a monastery, from Middle English munk, monk ‘monk’ (Old English munuc, munec, from Late Latin monachus, Greek monakhos ‘solitary’, a derivative of monos ‘alone’).

North German (Mönk) and Dutch: equivalent of 1, from Middle Low German monik, Middle Dutch moni(n)c, mun(i)c.

Irish: translation of Gaelic Ó Muineaog (see Minogue) or Ó Manacháin (see Monahan).

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): occupational name for a miller or flour merchant, from Polish mąka ‘flour’, ‘meal’.

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