How common is the surname Munsch?

1,146 people in the United States had the surname Munsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,411 Americans. It ranked 22,450th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Munsch getting more or less common?

More common. 1,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,146 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Munsch

A German surname, carried by 1,146 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). Munsch is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Munsch, a surname typical of Alsatia.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,146 people named Munsch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 269,411 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,100.

#22,450

rank among US surnames

1,146

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,981)

Who is named Munsch

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

95% of people named Munsch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Munsch

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Munsch come from?: Borrowed from German Munsch, a surname typical of Alsatia.
How common is the surname Munsch?: 1,146 people in the United States had the surname Munsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,411 Americans. It ranked 22,450th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Munsch?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Munsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Munsch getting more or less common?: More common. 1,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,146 in 2010, up 4.2%.