Munoz surname meaning

Munoz is the unaccented US spelling of Muñoz, a Spanish patronymic meaning “son of Muño” or a related medieval personal name. The -ez ending is the important surname clue: it marks descent from a given-name ancestor. Muño itself has a deeper Iberian history that is less useful for identifying a modern family than the patronymic structure. Muñiz and Muniz are neighboring forms, and the tilde is often omitted in American databases. Because spelling practices vary, Munoz and Muñoz should not be assigned separate meanings. Parent’s name is the secure catalog type, with high confidence in the descent formula.