Mungo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Mungo family

The surname Mungo was first found in at the foundations of Venice (Italian: Venezia), with the Minotto family.

Early History of the Mungo family

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Mungo Spelling Variations

Enormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Mungo include Menico, Menichi, Menech, Minico, Minichi, Menego, Meneghi, Menega, Menoga, Menoghi, Minigo, Menco, Menchi, Menci, Minco, Mengo, Menghi, Menga, Mingo, Minghi, Meni, Misotti, Minuziano, Mingoti, Menochio, Minelli, Minnelli, Menis, De Minico, Menichelli, Minichelli, Minichiello, Meneghelli, Meneghello, Meneghel, Menichini, Minichini, Minichino, Meneghini, Meniconi, Meneghino, Meneghin, Menicucci, Minicucci, Meneguzzi, Menoncini and many more.

Early Notables of the Mungo family

Prominent among members of the family was Rosso Misotti, leader of the Ghibeline faction in Ferrara in 1203. Members of the Venetian Minotto family were brave soldiers: in 1265 Tommaso Minotto led the army against the Genoese forces; and in 1300 Marco Minotto was General of 37 ships which fought against the Greeks; Alessandro Minuziano was an editor and printer in Puglia in 1450 who printed the first edition of the collected works of Cicero; Giacomo Menochio was a prominent jurist...
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Mungo Ranking

In the United States, the name Mungo is the 15,731^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Mungo migration to the United States +

Immigrants bearing the name Mungo or a variant listed above include:

Mungo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Francesco Mungo, aged 25, who landed in America from Cortale, in 1893

Mungo Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Domenico Mungo, aged 27, who immigrated to the United States from Cortali, in 1902
Domenico Mungo, aged 15, who landed in America from Catensaro, in 1903
Filomina Mungo, aged 1, who settled in America from Napoli, in 1903
Raffaele Mungo, aged 27, who immigrated to the United States from Squillace, Italy, in 1909
Antonio Mungo, aged 33, who immigrated to the United States from Isola Capo Rizruto, Italy, in 1913
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Mungo migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mungo Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Maria Mungo, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1757

Contemporary Notables of the name Mungo (post 1700) +

PC Stewart Mungo Whillis (d. 1907), English Lancashire Constabulary police officer who died as a result of injuries sustained in an assault in 1901
Patrick Mungo Smythe (1923-1983), Scottish pianist
Mungo Wentworth MacCallum (1941-2020), Australian political journalist and commentator, son of Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (1913–1999)
Mungo Park (1835-1904), Scottish golfer, winner of the 1874 Open Championship
Mungo Park (1771-1806), Scottish explorer of the African continent, the Royal Scottish Geographical Society awards the Mungo Park Medal annually in his honor
Mungo Ponton FRS (1801-1880), Scottish inventor who created a method of permanent photography based on sodium dichromate in 1839, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Sir Mungo William MacCallum (1854-1942), Australian Chancellor of the University of Sydney
Mungo Wentworth MacCallum (b. 1941), Australian political journalist and commentator

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/