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    The surname McMunn

    A Scottish Gaelic occupational surname, carried by 835 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M255

    McMunn: #28,552 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McMunn #28,552, 835 people McMunn: #28,552 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McMunn #28,552, 835 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McMunn is more common than 82.4% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Mhunna (“son of the servant of (Saint) Munnu”), from the personal name Munnu.

    McMunn is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 835 people named McMunn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 369,755 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 845.

    #28,552
    rank among US surnames
    835
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #26,987)

    Who is named McMunn

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

    96% of people named McMunn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McMunn

    McMunn has the Soundex code M255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M255.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McMunn come from?
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Mhunna (“son of the servant of (Saint) Munnu”), from the personal name Munnu.
    How common is the surname McMunn?
    835 people in the United States had the surname McMunn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 369,755 Americans. It ranked 28,552nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McMunn?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McMunn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is McMunn?
    McMunn is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname McMunn getting more or less common?
    Less common. 845 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 835 in 2010, down 1.2%.