Funk Surname

7,222nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78,563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Funk Surname Definition:

John le Funke, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Funk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States33,5351:10,8081,325
Germany29,8471:2,697269
Canada6,6691:5,525807
Russia3,2111:44,8845,992
Paraguay6461:11,202593
Brazil5891:363,45413,894
Switzerland5761:14,2592,353
Poland5331:71,31111,171
Austria3371:25,2683,992
Sweden2641:37,2982,998
Kazakhstan1721:102,80511,345
Australia1631:165,61817,113
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Netherlands1511:111,83617,874
Argentina1491:286,86922,979
Czechia1451:73,33412,338
Israel1151:74,4149,096
Luxembourg1031:5,636824
South Africa1031:525,99742,056
England1011:551,66433,983
Hungary981:100,1669,684
Estonia841:15,7362,567
Mexico781:1,591,36216,746
Denmark741:76,2807,479
Ukraine671:679,44371,859
Malaysia591:499,90225,042
Philippines511:1,985,063118,763
France501:1,328,454133,611
Thailand471:1,502,944203,155
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Uzbekistan381:813,92516,450
Belarus341:279,44332,011
Belgium271:425,80243,971
Norway241:214,26224,079
Chile211:838,88017,964
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Guam121:13,3432,098
Iran121:6,398,544138,820
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
China81:170,915,1968,932
India81:95,883,173728,828
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Kyrgyzstan71:853,23652,732
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Panama51:782,45211,059
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Honduras31:2,938,8147,190
Jersey31:33,0674,675
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
British Virgin Islands21:15,797839
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Macau11:601,6301,582
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,4901:6,705844

Funk (127) may also be a first name.

Funk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the funk,' cross, peevish. 'Funk, cross, III-tempered. Oxon' (Halliwell). Oxfordshire is sufficiently near to Somersetshire to explain the following entry:

John le Funke, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(German) The sparkling or animated person.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Found as U.S. names. They may be corrupted from Fulnecks, a village of England, co. York, or Fulneck or Fulik, a town of Moravia, circ. Prerau.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Funk Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Funk Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Funk (Arabic: فنك, Russian: Функ) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Funk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,222nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 92,761 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Funk reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 825,494th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 127 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 33,535 people, or 1 in 10,808. In The United States Funk is mostly found in: California, where 8 percent live, Illinois, where 6 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 97 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 38 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Funk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Funk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Funk last name expanded 448 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 348 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Funk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Funk last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Funk surname are 23.21% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.98% being registered with the party.

The amount Funk earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 50.71% more than the national average, earning 521,590 kr per year; in Peru they earn 69.8% less than the national average, earning S/. 5,854 per year; in South Africa they earn 132.58% more than the national average, earning R 552,708 per year; in United States they earn 4.01% more than the national average, earning $44,881 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.18% less than the national average, earning $44,626 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Funke8933,012/
Funck895,162/
Founk8960/
Fungk896/
Funnk893/
Pfunk893/
Funqk891/
Funkt891/
Fuunk891/
Funcke801,026/
Fungke8057/
Feunke8048/
Founke8033/
Funcks8028/
Pfunke8016/
Funkqu801/
D'Funk801/
Foungk801/
Fuinke801/
Fhunke801/
Founck800/
Faunke800/
Fung75178,602/
Fonk751,101/
Vunk75347/
Func7534/
Fumk751/
Funková73218/
Funkova7322/
Fungkhe731/
Founcks730/
Foung67207/
Fhung6788/
Vunck6775/
Feung6729/
Faung6722/
Foonk6719/
Fuing679/
Funng677/
Pfonk675/
Funqu675/
Phunk675/
Funcs675/
Fünck672/
Fungs672/
Fungz671/
Founková671/
Hfung671/
Fuync671/
Fungh671/
Faunc670/
Fonnk670/
Vaunk670/

Funk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Funk in the Russian language
Функfunk-
Funk in the Arabic language
فنكfnk-

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Funk Reference & Research

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Funk FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Funk
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