Muñez

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Muñez is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Compare Nuñez, Muñoz.

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 481K(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina1 in 484K
  • BRBrazil1 in 694K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

305 people

Sources
112 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 481K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Munez in US United States, IT Italy, SD Sudan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Compare Nuñez, Muñoz.

Sources 1

Where in the world(measured from records)

Muñez counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Muñez is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil3051 in 694K305—1
ES Spain1041 in 481K104Muñez3
AR Argentina941 in 484K94——
IT Italy≈2 est.≈1 in 35M—Munez3
US United States——listedMunez112
SD Sudan———Munez1

305 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Muñez is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States

    Also written Munez, Münez, Muňez, Mùnez, Munèz

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines

    Also written Munez

  • Czech surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Munez, Muněz, Můnéz, Múñěz, Muňez

  • Turkish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Philippines

    Also written Münez, Munez, Munéz

18 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Muñez
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—104#26,744
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—104#26,710
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—94—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Muñez mean, and where does it come from?
Compare Nuñez, Muñoz. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Muñez have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 305 people named Muñez, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Muñez most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Muñez is densest in Spain — about 1 in 481 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Muñez?
In Brazil, the national register counted 305 people named Muñez, about 1 in 694 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Muñez”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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