Munter

See also: munter

English

Etymology

As a north German (Münter) and Dutch (De Munter) surname, occupational surname for a minter; see Minter.
Also as a German surname (and Swedish and Danish, both borrowed from the German), from the adjective Munter (“lively, merry”). Also found in Finland.

Proper noun

Munter (plural Munters)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Munter is the 34707^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Munter is most common among White (92.01%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Munter”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 636.

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