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    The surname Munter

    A German occupational surname, carried by 651 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M536

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Munter is more common than 78.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a north German (Münter) and Dutch (De Munter) surname, occupational surname for a minter; see Minter. * Also as a German surname (and Swedish and Danish, both borrowed from the German), from the adjective Munter (“lively, merry”). Also found in Finland.

    Munter is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 651 people named Munter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 474,263 Americans. That is down 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 702.

    #34,707
    rank among US surnames
    651
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #31,235)

    Who is named Munter

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

    92% of people named Munter identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Munter

    Munter has the Soundex code M536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M536.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Munter come from?
    * As a north German (Münter) and Dutch (De Munter) surname, occupational surname for a minter; see Minter. * Also as a German surname (and Swedish and Danish, both borrowed from the German), from the adjective Munter (“lively, merry”). Also found in Finland.
    How common is the surname Munter?
    651 people in the United States had the surname Munter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 474,263 Americans. It ranked 34,707th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Munter?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Munter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Munter?
    Munter is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Munter getting more or less common?
    Less common. 702 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 651 in 2010, down 7.3%.