How common is the surname Munch?

2,093 people in the United States had the surname Munch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,513 Americans. It ranked 14,299th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Munch?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Munch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Munch getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,093 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Munch

A surname, carried by 2,093 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). Munch is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,093 people named Munch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,513 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,112.

#14,299

rank among US surnames

2,093

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,249)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,294	Oehler	2,095	147,373
#14,296	Yamasaki	2,094	147,443
#14,299	Baggs	2,093	147,513
#14,307	Rakowski	2,092	147,584

Who is named Munch

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

95% of people named Munch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Munch

Munch 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 Munch?: 2,093 people in the United States had the surname Munch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,513 Americans. It ranked 14,299th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Munch?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Munch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Munch getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,093 in 2010, down 0.9%.