The Munoz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 158,483 people carried this name — #168 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,860 people counted. That is up 35% from 117,774 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Munoz surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From Muño (“given name”) + -ez, from Basque muino (“hill”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Muñoz» (Spanish), 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 114,720 people named Munoz 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,781 people named Munoz.
1,239 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,154 people named Munoz live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 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 the Nordic population registers
281 people named Munoz is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Munoz in American newspapers,
1913–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 53,088 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Munoz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dolores Muñoz Ledo 1918–2026 · actor -
Nancy Munoz 1954– · politician -
Oscar Munoz 1960– · businessperson -
Mike Munoz 1965– · baseball player -
Caroline Munoz 1970– · actor -
Ana Muñoz 1901– · researcher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 98 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Munoz.
- Munck 359 · U.S. census
- Mundwiller 155 · U.S. census
- Munich 192 · U.S. census
- Munier 303 · U.S. census
- Muniz 30,695 · U.S. census
- Munos 3,610 · 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
- Mur 201 · U.S. census
- Mura 618 · U.S. census
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