Muntz Surname

138,994th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Muntz Surname Definition:

(Frisian) Monk [Frisian mûnts, a monk]

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Muntz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9941:181,77518,159
Australia3531:76,4758,947
France2101:316,29948,089
Netherlands1931:87,49814,492
Germany1391:579,17647,094
Canada971:379,85133,859
South Africa511:1,062,30863,943
New Zealand491:92,41512,718
England371:1,505,89364,828
Argentina251:1,709,73790,467
Belgium201:574,83253,219
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England621:393,15123,809
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4771:105,28010,575

The alternate forms: Müntz (129) are calculated separately.

Muntz Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Frisian) Monk [Frisian mûnts, a monk]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) Descendant of Mundo, a pet form of names beginning with Munt (protection), as Mundhart and Munderich.

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

Geoffy and Ralph de Montibus, Waleran, Herbert, Matilda, Robert, Roger de Montibus, Normandy, 1180-1200 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Eight of the name occur in 1198.

The Norman People (1874)

User-submitted Reference

Comes from the old German, müntze or münze, and was developed as a surname like most European names do - families most known for handling money (or even coinage) came to be known as Müntz, Münz, Müntzer, Münzer.

- metajinx

Muntz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muntz (Arabic: مونتز) is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant: Müntz. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muntz? popularity and diffusion

Muntz is the 138,994th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,264,620 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Muntz live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 1,994 people, or 1 in 181,775. In The United States it is most frequent in: Ohio, where 9 percent reside, New York, where 7 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States it occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 11 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.

Muntz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Muntz has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 418 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Muntz Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Muntz last name is principally Catholic (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Muntz surname are 6.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.49% registered with the party.

The amount Muntz earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.35% more than the national average, earning R 385,812 per year; in United States they earn 0.5% less than the national average, earning $42,935 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.74% more than the national average, earning $54,023 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Müntz93129/
Mountz91973/
Mauntz9144/
Musntz911/
Munthz911/
Muntze910/
Mundtz910/
Munz8910,772/
Maunz80937/
Munts80394/
Muncz8038/
Mundz8012/
Munzh804/
Munnz804/
Mounz803/
Muinz802/
Munhz801/
Meunz801/
Mounts734,765/
Montcz732/
Moontz732/
Mumthz731/
Munths731/
Moundz731/
Maunnz731/
Mundst731/
Moumtz730/
Muntsh730/
Maunts730/
Monntz730/
Muntsch6757/
Munc6739/
Muñz6716/
Munč671/
Munzowa671/

Muntz Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Muntz in the Arabic language
مونتزmwntz-

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