How common is the surname Funes?

6,079 people in the United States had the surname Funes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,789 Americans. It ranked 5,702nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Funes?

Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentine association football player, followed by Rogelio Funes Mori.

Where is the surname Funes most common?

Wikidata records people named Funes in Argentina.

Is the surname Funes getting more or less common?

More common. 3,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,079 in 2010, up 70%.

The surname Funes

A Spanish place surname, carried by 6,079 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Funes is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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

Funes is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,079 people named Funes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,789 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,574.

#5,702

rank among US surnames

6,079

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+70.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,490)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,695	Avendano	6,086	50,730
#5,697	Chaudhry	6,084	50,747
#5,700	Berndt	6,081	50,772
#5,702	Strickler	6,079	50,789
#5,705	Kuhlman	6,078	50,797
#5,707	Hilbert	6,077	50,806

Who is named Funes

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Funes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Funess

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ramiro Funes Mori
Argentine association football player, born 1991
Rogelio Funes Mori
Argentine-Mexican footballer, born 1991
José Gabriel Funes
Argentine Jesuit priest and astronomer, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Funes

Funes has the Soundex code F520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F520.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Funes come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Funes, a habitational surname of Basque origin. This surname is predominantly found in Argentina.
How common is the surname Funes?: 6,079 people in the United States had the surname Funes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,789 Americans. It ranked 5,702nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Funes?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Funes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Funes?: Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentine association football player, followed by Rogelio Funes Mori.
Where is the surname Funes most common?: Wikidata records people named Funes in Argentina.
What type of surname is Funes?: Funes is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Funes getting more or less common?: More common. 3,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,079 in 2010, up 70%.