The Muniz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 30,695 people carried this name — #1,147 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,610 people counted. That is up 27% from 24,203 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Muniz surname
Spanish, Galician, Asturian, and Leonese surname, patronymic from Muño, from the name of a hill in Spain, from Latin monere. In Brazil this is found as a variant of the related Moniz.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Muniz» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,527 people named Muniz 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
125 people named Muniz live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Muniz.
Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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 print
Muniz in American newspapers,
1914–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,089 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Muniz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão 1875–1931 · teacher -
Antônio Muniz Sodré de Aragão 1881–1940 · politician -
José Joaquim de Lima e Silva Muniz de Aragão 1887–1974 · diplomat
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Muniz Freire 1861–1918 · lawyer
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Julio Muniz 1898–1975 · botanist
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Lucio Muniz 1939–2017 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Muniz.
- Munar 711 · U.S. census
- Munch 2,093 · U.S. census
- Munck 359 · U.S. census
- Mundwiller 155 · U.S. census
- Munich 192 · U.S. census
- Munier 303 · U.S. census
- Munos 3,610 · U.S. census
- Munoz 158,483 · U.S. census
- Munsch 1,146 · U.S. census
- Munster 832 · U.S. census
- Munteanu 416 · U.S. census
- Muntz 1,537 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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