# Funes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/funes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,079 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,702 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 50,789 people |
| Change since 2000 | +70% (3,574 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Funes, a habitational surname of Basque origin. This surname is predominantly found in Argentina.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Funes in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Funes in Argentina.

## People named Funes

- Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentine association football player
- Rogelio Funes Mori, Argentine-Mexican footballer
- José Gabriel Funes, Argentine Jesuit priest and astronomer

## Similar surnames

Funez, Faunce, Funk, Fung, Funke, Finch, Fink, Fong, Feng, Fang, Fenwick, Finke.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.