The Funk surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 24,419 people carried this name — #1,459 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 24,032 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
554 people named Funk live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
412 people named Funk have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 510 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 112 people named Funk live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 92 people named Funk.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
332 people named Funk are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Funk in American newspapers,
1903–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 187,187 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Funk,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Funk 1470–1540 · artist -
Johann Friedrich Funk 1706–1775 · sculptor -
Daniel Beat Ludwig Funk 1726–1787 · watchmaker -
Gottfried Benedikt Funk 1734–1814 · pedagogue -
Johann Friedrich Funk II 1745–1811 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 156 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Funk.
- Fulgoni 131 · U.S. census
- Fuller 110,116 · U.S. census
- Fumagalli 250 · U.S. census
- Funck 544 · U.S. census
- Fund 241 · U.S. census
- Funes 6,079 · U.S. census
- Furia 534 · U.S. census
- Furio 389 · U.S. census
- Furlan 702 · U.S. census
- Furlani 222 · U.S. census
- Furman 9,273 · U.S. census
- Furnari 983 · U.S. census
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