Munk is used as a family name or surname in England, Denmark. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Munk
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England, Denmark
Meaning:

One who resided in a monastic establishment.

How popular is Munk?

Munk is common in Denmark, Germany, United States, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Australia.

Munk is ranked 48887 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Munks grew by 13.4 per cent to 1938 since 2000 and ranked 15201 after elevating 498 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.34 94.79
Black 1.75 1.7
Others 1.6 1.23
Hispanic or Latino 1.39 1.17
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.24 0.59
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.67 0.53
Munk is quite popular family name mostly used in Denmark however Greenland is ahead in terms of density. Around 10538 people have been found who wears Munk as their family name. Munk is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Munk:
99 Denmark3,675
3,913 Germany2,708
14,364 United States2,636
Countries with hundreds of Munk:
18,807 Canada193
15,307 Netherlands181
4,630 Sweden163
8,440 Austria159
18,018 Australia152
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,119 England92
77,261 Brazil84
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,251 Argentina46
212 Greenland39
17,038 Croatia38
26,002 Slovakia37
86,050 Italy34
77,523 Poland32
226,919 Russia28
23,433 Switzerland28
21,594 Norway28
9,235 Estonia27
294,953 Thailand23
54,411 Czechia20
31,291 Hungary20
61,567 Spain17
244,602 France15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
94,851 Papua New Guinea9
189,736 South Africa6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Margareth Munk worked as baker and hailed from Germany. 32 years old embarked for USA from London on John Merrick and arrived on June 18, 1852. 40 years old Franz Munk, Margaret Munk, Dorothea Munk (Of unknown age) Farmer, Laborer George Munk, Therese Munk, aged 23, Jacob Munk (33) Laborer, 50 years old George Munk, Joseph Munk (32) Farmer, and 143 other Munk around 33.78% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and gardener, servant, mason, daughter, weaver, locksmith, joiner migrated to US from Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg, Liverpool, Havre and London.

Munk Namesakes

  • Eduard Munk, German philologist
  • Salomon Munk, German-born Jewish-French Orientalist
  • Loren Munk, as an uploader of videos about New York exhibitions
  • Jens Munk, Dano-Norwegian navigator and explorer
  • Michael Max Munk, German aerospace engineer
  • Kirsten Munk, Danish noble
  • Sigvard Munk, Danish politician for the Social Democratic Party
  • József Munk, Hungarian freestyle swimmer
  • Chris Munk, American retired professional basketball player
  • Walter Munk, American physical oceanographer
  • Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor
  • Andrzej Munk, Polish film director
  • Peter Munk, Hungarian-born Canadian businessman, investor
  • Hermann Munk, Jewish German physiologist
  • Danny de Munk, Dutch actor, singer

Munk Namesakes

  • Eduard Munk, German philologist
  • Salomon Munk, German-born Jewish-French Orientalist
  • Loren Munk, as an uploader of videos about New York exhibitions
  • Jens Munk, Dano-Norwegian navigator and explorer
  • Michael Max Munk, German aerospace engineer
  • Kirsten Munk, Danish noble
  • Sigvard Munk, Danish politician for the Social Democratic Party
  • József Munk, Hungarian freestyle swimmer
  • Chris Munk, American retired professional basketball player
  • Walter Munk, American physical oceanographer
  • Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor
  • Andrzej Munk, Polish film director
  • Peter Munk, Hungarian-born Canadian businessman, investor
  • Hermann Munk, Jewish German physiologist
  • Danny de Munk, Dutch actor, singer

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