How common is the surname Funke?

2,609 people in the United States had the surname Funke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,339 Americans. It ranked 11,971st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Funke?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Funke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Funke?

Alex Funke, American photographer.

Where is the surname Funke most common?

Wikidata records people named Funke in the United States.

Is the surname Funke getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,638 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,609 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Funke

A German surname, carried by 2,609 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). Funke is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Funke.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,609 people named Funke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,339 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,638.

#11,971

rank among US surnames

2,609

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,055)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,965	Germann	2,612	118,203
#11,968	Holtzclaw	2,611	118,248
#11,970	Tadeo	2,610	118,293
#11,971	Goodrum	2,609	118,339
#11,977	Fleshman	2,608	118,384

Who is named Funke

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

96% of people named Funke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Funkes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alex Funke
American photographer, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Funke

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Funke come from?: Borrowed from German Funke.
How common is the surname Funke?: 2,609 people in the United States had the surname Funke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,339 Americans. It ranked 11,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Funke?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Funke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Funke?: Alex Funke, American photographer.
Where is the surname Funke most common?: Wikidata records people named Funke in the United States.
Is the surname Funke getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,638 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,609 in 2010, down 1.1%.