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

Family Name / Last Name: Munn
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Lastname is variant form of the Muncey. The same as Monceux an ancient corruption - The great Norman family, who gave the suffix to Hurst-Monceux, county of Sussex, and to Compton-Monceux, county Hants., derived their surname "from a place in the parish of Gueron, in the diocese of Bayeux, and are stated by some authorities to have come over with the Conqueror." Venables's Herstmonceux and its Lords. Lond. 1851. French monceux, heaps, monticuli
Muncy in Hundred Rolls.

Surname is variant form of Mounsey. A corruption of Monceux - The great Norman family, who gave the suffix to Hurst-Monceux, county of Sussex, and to Compton-Monceux, county Hants., derived their surname "from a place in the parish of Gueron, in the diocese of Bayeux, and are stated by some authorities to have come over with the Conqueror." Venables's Herstmonceux and its Lords. Lond. 1851. French monceux, heaps, monticuli

The parish of Herstmonceux, county of Sussex, is in rustic parlance Herst, or rather Hors-Mounseys.

Munn is the variation of the Monsey. An old corrupt form of Monceaux.

Munn is a variation of the Monceux. The great Norman family, who gave the suffix to Hurst-Monceux, county of Sussex, and to Compton-Monceux, county Hants., derived their surname "from a place in the parish of Gueron, in the diocese of Bayeux, and are stated by some authorities to have come over with the Conqueror." Venables's Herstmonceux and its Lords. Lond. 1851. French monceux, heaps, monticuli.

Munn is a form of Munson. The son of Mans, a pet form of Magnus meaning "great"; the son of Mun, a pet form of Edmund meaning "rich, protector".

Form of the Monson. The son of Mon, a pet form of Magnus meaning "great".

One who resided in a monastic establishment, a monk.

Variant form of Mohun. Moyon, an ancient barony near St. Lo, in Normandy. William de Moiun, whose descendants varied their orthography to Mohun, was a great tenant in chief in the western counties. Hence Moon, and perhaps Munn.

An abbreviation or nurse-name of Edmund. But more probably a corruption of the Norman Mohun. A correspondent observes that "the name is quite common in Kent, and it has only of late years spread into other counties. I have now property that went by the name of Munn's three hundred years ago."

Variant of the Monson. The following rather happy pun on this name is given in Willis's History of Cathedrals:
"Lunam cum Pheabo jungito, nomen habes"—
Join Moon and Sun, and Moxsox you will have.
Heraldic Anomalies.

How popular is Munn?

Munn is common in United States, Australia, England, Canada, Scotland, New Zealand, South Africa, Jamaica, Northern Ireland, Wales.

Munn is ranked 22983 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Munn bearers increased by 0.98 per cent in 2010 US census to 8751 since 2000, the surname slipped by 301 spots and ranked at 4056. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.61 83.84
Black 11.71 11.97
Hispanic or Latino 2.43 1.67
Others 2.14 1.47
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.79 0.74
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.32 0.31
Munn is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Australia is ahead in terms of density. Around 23608 people have been found who wears Munn as their family name. Munn is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Munn:
3,853 United States11,709
Countries with thousands of Munn:
1,120 Australia3,580
2,425 England3,328
1,981 Canada2,744
Countries with hundreds of Munn:
1,230 Scotland638
1,891 New Zealand418
19,257 South Africa311
1,563 Jamaica169
1,865 Northern Ireland143
2,401 Wales137
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
236,652 India55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
130,362 Brazil42
40,056 Spain41
10,418 Liberia31
180,028 France29
301,565 Thailand22
52,165 Zimbabwe21
177,866 Germany18
70,664 Malaysia17
12,021 Ireland14
347,183 Russia13
42,199 Hungary12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
30,726 Qatar9
26,217 Estonia8
47,258 Norway8
43,211 Denmark7
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Munn was 28 years old when he migrated to Pennsylvania during Irish famine on May 15, 1846. He lived in Derry, Ireland where he worked as workman and took Virginian from Liverpool. Maid Mary Munn, Smith David Munn, Isabella Munn, aged 19, 29 years old Sarah-M. Munn, John Munn, aged 48, 45 years old Harriet Munn, Immigrant Harriet Munn, George Munn, aged 13, and 10 other Munn around 37.5% of whom were workman while others worked as baker migrated to US from Liverpool, Belfast and London.

From Germany

45 years old laborer Magnis Munn who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on May 22, 1850 by Actress put out from Havre. 5 years old Josepf Munn, Farmer Math. Munn, Friederike Munn, Johann Munn, aged 18, 23 years old Jurgen Munn, 32 years old Joh. Munn, Antje Munn, aged 53, Fritz Munn, and 5 other Munn around 75% of whom were farmer migrated to US from Antwerp, Hamburg, Bremen and Hamburg & Havre.

Munn Namesakes

  • Angus Munn, Canadian soldier
  • Meg Munn, first Independent Chair of the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Panel
  • Allison Munn, American actress
  • Wayne Munn, American professional wrestler
  • H. Warner Munn, American writer of fantasy, horror and poetry
  • Clarence Munn, American football player, coach
  • Olivia Munn, American actress and model
  • Reginald Munn, British Indian Army officer and English first-class cricketer

Munn Namesakes

  • Angus Munn, Canadian soldier
  • Meg Munn, first Independent Chair of the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Panel
  • Allison Munn, American actress
  • Wayne Munn, American professional wrestler
  • H. Warner Munn, American writer of fantasy, horror and poetry
  • Clarence Munn, American football player, coach
  • Olivia Munn, American actress and model
  • Reginald Munn, British Indian Army officer and English first-class cricketer

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