Funk

23,348 people in the United States were counted with the surname Funk in the 2020 census, making it the 1,494th most common in the country. That is about one person in 12,800.

By the numbers

People: 23,348
Rank: 1,494th
How common: 1 in 12,800
Per 100,000: 7.8

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Funk described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 92.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino 2.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
Black, not Hispanic 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Funk

Casimir Funk (1884–1967)Polish-American biochemist
Walther Funk (1890–1960)German economist, Nazi politician and convicted war criminal
Wally Funk (1939–2026)American aviator and astronaut
Terry Funk (1944–2023)American professional wrestler and actor
Nolan Gerard Funk (born 1986)Canadian actor, singer and model
Ricarda Funk (born 1992)German kayaker
Dory Funk Jr. (1941–2026)American professional wrestler and trainer
Patrick Funk (born 1990)German professional footballer

People named Funk with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Funk

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.