How common is the surname Muntz?

1,537 people in the United States had the surname Muntz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,875 Americans. It ranked 18,116th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Muntz?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Muntz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Muntz?

Madman Muntz, American businessman and engineer (1914–1987).

Where is the surname Muntz most common?

Wikidata records people named Muntz in the United States.

Is the surname Muntz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,537 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Muntz

A surname, carried by 1,537 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Muntz is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,537 people named Muntz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,875 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,577.

#18,116

rank among US surnames

1,537

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,706)

Who is named Muntz

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

88% of people named Muntz identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Muntzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Madman Muntz
American businessman and engineer (1914–1987)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Muntz

Muntz has the Soundex code M532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M532.

Questions

How common is the surname Muntz?: 1,537 people in the United States had the surname Muntz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,875 Americans. It ranked 18,116th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Muntz?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Muntz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Muntz?: Madman Muntz, American businessman and engineer (1914–1987).
Where is the surname Muntz most common?: Wikidata records people named Muntz in the United States.
Is the surname Muntz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,537 in 2010, down 2.5%.