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I found a source for the history of the barony of Mountjoy. The following is from Sir Bernard Burke's "A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" (1883, Harrison, London), p. 55.
The original barony was bestowed on Walter BLOUNT (son of Sir Thomas BLOUNT and Margaret GRESELEY) in 1466 by King EDWARD IV.
Walter's first-born son, William, died before his father, and William's own first born son, John, had died without issue, so William's 2nd son, Edward (Walter's grandson), became the 2nd Lord Mountjoy. But Edward died at age 8 without issue, so the barony reverted back to Walter's second son, John (Edward's uncle), who became 3rd Lord Mountjoy.
John had only one son, William, who became 4th Baron Mountjoy. William's son, Charles, became 5th Baron Mountjoy. Charles' son James became 6th Baron. James' son William became 7th. But William died without issue, so his brother Charles became the 8th -- and, as it happened, last -- Baron Mountjoy.
Because of military successes, Charles was invested by King James as Earl of Devonshire in 1603 and was made Knight of the Garter. But Charles died without *legitimate* issue, and so all his honors became extinct.
However, I have not answered your question as to how "Muntjoy" became a surname. I'm sorry, I do not know.
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