How common is the surname Mundy?

9,439 people in the United States had the surname Mundy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,710 Americans. It ranked 3,752nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mundy?

Meg Mundy, British-born American actress (1915-2016), followed by William Mundy.

Where is the surname Mundy most common?

Wikidata records people named Mundy in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Mundy getting more or less common?

More common. 9,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,439 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Mundy

A Scottish place surname, carried by 9,439 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mundy is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Scottish origin

Scottish habitational surname, from the town of Munday. It can also be a variant of the surname Monday.

Mundy is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,439 people named Mundy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,710 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 9,390.

#3,752

rank among US surnames

9,439

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,482)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,743	Fairbanks	9,466	32,616
#3,744	Cockrell	9,465	32,620
#3,745	Haugen	9,461	32,633
#3,746	McClung	9,456	32,651
#3,747	Poirier	9,453	32,661
#3,748	Perryman	9,443	32,696
#3,749	Cosgrove	9,441	32,703

Who is named Mundy

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

82% of people named Mundy identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mundys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Meg Mundy
British-born American actress (1915-2016)
William Mundy
(1801-1877); Esq, of Markeaton, J.P. and D.L., M.P. for South Derbyshire, High Sheriff of

Notable Mundys come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mundy

Mundy has the Soundex code M530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M530.

Questions

Where does the surname Mundy come from?: Scottish habitational surname, from the town of Munday. It can also be a variant of the surname Monday.
How common is the surname Mundy?: 9,439 people in the United States had the surname Mundy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,710 Americans. It ranked 3,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mundy?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Mundy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mundy?: Meg Mundy, British-born American actress (1915-2016), followed by William Mundy.
Where is the surname Mundy most common?: Wikidata records people named Mundy in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Mundy?: Mundy is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Mundy getting more or less common?: More common. 9,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,439 in 2010, up 0.5%.