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    The surname Munir

    A surname, carried by 1,078 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M560

    Munir: #23,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Munir #23,555, 1,078 people Munir: #23,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Munir #23,555, 1,078 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Munir is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,078 people named Munir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 691.

    #23,555
    rank among US surnames
    1,078
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +56%
    change since 2000 (was #31,621)

    Who is named Munir

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

    71% of people named Munir identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 10% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Two or more races 5.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Munir

    Munir has the Soundex code M560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Munir?
    1,078 people in the United States had the surname Munir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. It ranked 23,555th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Munir?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Munir identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Munir getting more or less common?
    More common. 691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,078 in 2010, up 56%.