Munch Surname

47,463rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,903 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Greenland

Munch Surname Definition:

(German) One who was a member of a religious order.

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Munch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3,0811:21,5592,507
United States2,9821:121,54912,979
Denmark2,3471:2,405185
Lebanon4911:11,4811,681
Brazil4331:494,39818,652
Argentina2861:149,45212,636
Canada2371:155,46715,773
Norway1091:47,1776,760
Uruguay841:40,8544,668
England731:763,26141,903
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Germany541:1,490,84290,195
Spain501:935,04135,950
India481:15,980,529256,885
Ukraine461:989,62492,482
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Sweden391:252,48117,476
Mexico361:3,447,95024,458
Switzerland361:228,13719,301
Kazakhstan331:535,83338,572
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Greenland281:2,014243
Thailand271:2,616,235275,741
Uzbekistan271:1,145,52421,534
Yemen211:1,258,34711,865
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Venezuela111:2,745,82529,869
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
China21:683,660,78330,601
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0151:49,4775,632

The alternate forms: Münch (29,646) are calculated separately.

Munch (72) may also be a first name.

Munch Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who was a member of a religious order.

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

(Norwegian) A male member of a religious order.

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

From the German, Münch, Münich; from the Danish, Munnich; a personal name.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

User-submitted Reference

This is a German surname, meaning 'monk'.

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Munch Last Name Facts

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

The last name Munch (Arabic: مونش, Russian: Мунч) occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Münch. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Munch? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 47,463rd most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 668,398 people. The surname Munch occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Munch are found; 29 percent are found in Western Europe and 29 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 72 people.

Munch is most numerous in France, where it is held by 3,081 people, or 1 in 21,559. In France Munch is mostly found in: Grand Est, where 69 percent live, Île-de-France, where 8 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 5 percent live. Outside of France Munch occurs in 69 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent live and Denmark, where 22 percent live.

Munch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Munch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Munch surname grew 294 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 304 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Munch Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Shiite (98%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Munch surname are 21.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.65% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Munch earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.06% more than the national average, earning 432,792 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 25.52% less than the national average, earning R 177,000 per year; in United States they earn 19% more than the national average, earning $51,348 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.34% less than the national average, earning $48,024 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Münch9329,646/
Muench915,537/
Munsch915,353/
Munchs91120/
Munche9179/
Muinch9130/
Mounch9119/
Meunch919/
Munnch911/
Maunch910/
Munc8939/
Munsche83165/
Muntsch8357/
Mounche832/
Meunsch831/
Mounsch830/
Maunsch830/
Minch803,450/
Munce801,201/
Monch80250/
Munkh80242/
Munsh80200/
Muncz8038/
Munci8030/
Muncs8027/
Munzh804/
Munhz801/
Mounc801/
Mumch801/
Munchová771/
Mounce734,075/
Munshe731,877/
Moench731,806/
Münsch73369/
Mumche73141/
Münchs7315/
Münnch7313/
Miench7312/
Minchh739/
Mounci735/
Maunce735/
Münche732/
Moonch732/
Munsht731/
Munzhe731/
Munthz731/
Munths731/
Munsci731/
Muntsh730/
Muchinche712/
Munchowna711/
Muchenche711/
Munz6710,772/
Muns671,945/
Munj671,484/
Montsch67156/
Monc6731/
Müntsch6727/
Munx676/
Musynsh675/
Mounkhe671/
Mundzhe671/
Mutence671/
Musince671/
Munč671/
Moumche671/
Moonchh671/
Muchins670/
Moensch670/

Munch Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Munch in the Russian language
Мунчmunc-
Munch in the Arabic language
مونشmwnsh-

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