How common is the surname Munk?

1,938 people in the United States had the surname Munk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. It ranked 15,201st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Munk?

Walter Munk, American oceanographer (1917–2019).

Where is the surname Munk most common?

Wikidata records people named Munk in the United States.

Is the surname Munk getting more or less common?

More common. 1,709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,938 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Munk

A place surname, carried by 1,938 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). Munk is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

* As a German (Münk), Scandinavian/North Germanic (mainly Danish), and Dutch surname, all from the noun Mönch (“monk”). Compare Munck. * Also as a German surname, short form of the medieval name Dominicus. See Dominick. * Also as a German surname, from the place Münk in Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. The placename is attested as early as 1583 (Middle High German Monnike) and itself could be related to the word for monk. * As an English surname, variant of Monk. * As a Jewish surname, from M(o)unka, the Czech pet form of Solomon.

Munk 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 1,938 people named Munk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,709.

#15,201

rank among US surnames

1,938

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+13.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,699)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,194	Herzberg	1,939	159,229
#15,201	Munk	1,938	159,311
#15,210	Schnur	1,937	159,394

Who is named Munk

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

93% of people named Munk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Munks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walter Munk
American oceanographer (1917–2019)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Munk

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

Questions

Where does the surname Munk come from?: * As a German (Münk), Scandinavian/North Germanic (mainly Danish), and Dutch surname, all from the noun Mönch (“monk”). Compare Munck. * Also as a German surname, short form of the medieval name Dominicus. See Dominick. * Also as a German surname, from the place Münk in Mayen-Koblenz,…
How common is the surname Munk?: 1,938 people in the United States had the surname Munk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. It ranked 15,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Munk?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Munk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Munk?: Walter Munk, American oceanographer (1917–2019).
Where is the surname Munk most common?: Wikidata records people named Munk in the United States.
What type of surname is Munk?: Munk is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Munk getting more or less common?: More common. 1,709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,938 in 2010, up 13%.