How common is the surname Muench?

2,668 people in the United States had the surname Muench in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,722 Americans. It ranked 11,743rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Muench?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Muench identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Muench getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,668 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Muench

A surname, carried by 2,668 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Muench is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,668 people named Muench in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,722 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,686.

#11,743

rank among US surnames

2,668

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,881)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,736	Rockey	2,670	115,635
#11,739	Degroat	2,669	115,678
#11,743	Manzi	2,668	115,722
#11,746	Zoller	2,667	115,765
#11,751	Bruckner	2,666	115,809

Who is named Muench

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

96% of people named Muench identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Two or more races 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Muench

Muench has the Soundex code M520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M520.

Questions

How common is the surname Muench?: 2,668 people in the United States had the surname Muench in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,722 Americans. It ranked 11,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Muench?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Muench identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Muench getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,668 in 2010, down 0.7%.