Munk History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Munk Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Munk, Munch and Munck and others.
Munk Ranking
In the United States, the name Munk is the 12,763rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]
Munk migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Munk Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Philip Godfriet Munk, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737 [2]
Munk Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Dorothea Munk, who landed in Texas in 1846 [2]
- Israel Munk, who arrived in New York in 1878 [2]
Munk migration to Australia +
Emigration to
Australia followed the
First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:
Munk Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
- Mr. John Munk, English convict who was convicted in Devon, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Augusta Jessie" on 10th August 1838, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) [3]
Contemporary Notables of the name Munk (post 1700) +
- Leona Addie Munk (1911-2003), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1960 [4]
- Harry A. Munk (1901-1955), American Republican politician, Member of Nevada State Senate, 1950 [4]
- Walter Heinrich Munk (b. 1917), Vienna-born, American oceanographer
- Michael Max Munk (1890-1986), German aerospace engineer who created the Variable-Density Wind tunnel in 1921
- Nina Munk (b. 1967), American journalist and non-fiction writer
- Kaj Munk (1898-1944), Danish playwright
- William Munk (b. 1824), English physician, best known for his work as a medical historian and "Munk's Roll"
- Peter Munk CC (1927-2018), Hungarian-born, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, Chairman and founder of the mining company Barrick Gold
- Hermann Munk (1839-1912), German physiologist, known for his contributions in the study of the route from the eye to the brain through his meticulous research methods
- Andrzej Munk (1920-1961), Polish film director, screen writer and documentalist
- ... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
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Citations +
- ^ https://namecensus.com/most_common_surnames.htm
- ^ Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- ^ Convict Records of Australia (Retrieved 23rd August 2020, Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/augusta-jessie)
- ^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html