The surname Mun
A Korean surname, carried by 2,146 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex M500
Origin
Korean origin
Borrowed from Korean 문 (mun), mainly from Chinese 文.
One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,146 people named Mun in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,870 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,600.
Who is named Mun
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Mun identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Mun has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.
Other Korean surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Mun come from?
- Borrowed from Korean 문 (mun), mainly from Chinese 文.
- How common is the surname Mun?
- 2,146 people in the United States had the surname Mun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,870 Americans. It ranked 14,038th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mun?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mun identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Mun getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,146 in 2010, up 34%.