Muñetón Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Muñetón Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muñetón Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia181:2,654,11513,778
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210

The alternate forms: Muñetòn (3) & Muneton (532) are calculated separately.

Muñetón Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muñetón is more commonly found in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Muñetòn or Muneton. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muñetón? popularity and diffusion

The surname Muñetón is the 3,882,373rd most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Muñetón live; 77 percent live in South America and 69 percent live in Caribbean South America.

This surname is most widespread in Colombia, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 2,654,115. In Colombia Muñetón is most numerous in: Antioquia Department, where 50 percent live, Capital District, where 44 percent live and Valle del Cauca Department, where 6 percent live. Besides Colombia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muñetòn953/
Muneton90532/
Mounetane6310/
Munethong633/
Munettong631/
Moneton5719/
Munatan575/
Munaton571/
Monetan571/
Munitan571/
Monneton5310/
Munhtanh531/
Minetton531/
Mounitan531/
Munnithan503/
Monyuytan501/
Moonethan501/

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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 Muñetón
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