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    The surname Munguia

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 12,615 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M520

    Munguia: #2,857 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Munguia #2,857, 12,615 people Munguia: #2,857 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Munguia #2,857, 12,615 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Munguia is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Munguía, Castilianized spelling of Basque Mungia, a habitational surname from a town near Bilbao.

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

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,615 people named Munguia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,474 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,749.

    #2,857
    rank among US surnames
    12,615
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,723)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,848Guardado12,65624,395
    #2,849Benavidez12,64824,411
    #2,850Garber12,64024,426
    #2,852Lerma12,63924,428
    #2,853Alcantara12,63624,434
    #2,854Houck12,63424,438
    #2,855Seitz12,63024,445

    Who is named Munguia

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

    95% of people named Munguia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Munguias

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lourdes Munguía
      Actress, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Munguia

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Munguia come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Munguía, Castilianized spelling of Basque Mungia, a habitational surname from a town near Bilbao.
    How common is the surname Munguia?
    12,615 people in the United States had the surname Munguia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,474 Americans. It ranked 2,857th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Munguia?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Munguia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Munguia?
    Lourdes Munguía, actress.
    Where is the surname Munguia most common?
    Wikidata records people named Munguia in Mexico.
    What type of surname is Munguia?
    Munguia is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Munguia getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,749 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,615 in 2010, up 44%.