Munguia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Munguía, Castilianized spelling of Basque Mungia, a habitational surname from a town near Bilbao.

Proper noun

Munguia (plural Munguias)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Munguia is the 2857^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12615 individuals. Munguia is most common among Hispanic/Latino (95.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Munguia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 635.