Munch
surname · Latin script
Meaning: variant of Monch (see Moench)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/mɐntʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Munch is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 5.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 125Kas Muench
- DKDenmark1 in 2.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Munch itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 291 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈14,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Muench in US United States, CH Switzerland, UY Uruguay and 1 more and Münch in DE Germany, FR France, NO Norway.
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)
variant of Monch (see Moench). This name is also established in Scandinavia, especially Denmark.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Munch 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #252 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | listed | Münch | 110 |
| US United States | — | 2,668as Muench | 1 in 125K | 2.7K | Muench | 291 |
| DK Denmark | — | 2,188 | 1 in 2.7K | 2.2K | — | 2 |
| FR France | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 32K | 289 | Münch | 5 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Muench | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 336 | 1 in 25K | 336 | Muench | 20 |
| NO Norway | — | 262 | 1 in 21K | 262 | Münch | 13 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 137 | 1 in 25K | 137 | Muench | 2 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Munch is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Charles, French conductor
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Edvard, Norwegian painter
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Luxembourgish, many
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Croatian, norveški slikar i grafičar, začetnik ekspresionističkog likovnog izraza; zaokupljen tragičnim osjećajem svijeta, njegovo platno Krik (1893) svojevrsna je ikona sveopćeg očaja
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johan Storm Munchb. 1778NONorwegian bishop (1778-1832)
- Peter Andreas Munchb. 1810NONorwegian historian (1810-1863)
- Andreas Munchb. 1811NONorwegian writer (1811–1884)
- Christian Munchb. 1817NOfather of Edvard Munch
- Edvard Munchb. 1863NONorwegian painter (1863–1944)
- Inger Munchb. 1868NOteacher and photographer, sister of Edvard Munch (1868-1952)
- Peter Rochegune Munchb. 1870DKDanish historian and politician (1870–1948)
- Charles Munchb. 1891FRFrench musician (1891-1968)
- Peter A. Munchb. 1908NONorwegian-American sociologist (1908-1984)
- Stine Sonne Munchb. 1979DEDanish-German film editor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 2.2K | #164 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.1K | #13,249 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.1K | #14,299 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.9K | #14,767 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 406 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 394 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 379 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 324 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 304 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 302 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 293 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 289 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Munch come from?
- variant of Monch (see Moench). This name is also established in Scandinavia, especially Denmark. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What are other forms of the name Munch?
- In the etymology graph, Muncher is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Munch?
- A machine transcription gives /mɐntʃ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Munch mean?
- Recorded meaning: variant of Monch (see Moench).
- In which country does Munch have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Munch in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled münch.
- Where is Munch most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Munch is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 2.7 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Munch?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 2,188 people named Munch, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Munch compared with other names?
- In Germany, Munch is the 252nd most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/munchThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Munch” — the 252nd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.