Munchausen Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Munchausen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Munchausen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Münchausen (3) are calculated separately.

Munchausen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Munchausen is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Münchausen. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Munchausen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,944,094th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname Munchausen occurs mostly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Munchausen are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Munchausen is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 12,944,962. In The United States Munchausen is most common in: Texas, where 29 percent live, Ohio, where 14 percent live and Nevada, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 25 percent live and Russia, where 7 percent live.

Munchausen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Munchausen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Munchausen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Munchausen surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Munchausen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.51% less than the national average, earning $38,614 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Munchausen
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