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    The surname Bun

    A Khmer surname, carried by 1,458 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B500

    Bun: #18,793 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bun #18,793, 1,458 people Bun: #18,793 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bun #18,793, 1,458 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bun is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    Khmer origin

    Derived from Khmer ប៉ុន (pon).

    One of 19 Khmer surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,458 people named Bun in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,760 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,065.

    #18,793
    rank among US surnames
    1,458
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.9%
    change since 2000 (was #22,538)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,786Weisenberger1,459211,614
    #18,793Cort1,458211,760

    Who is named Bun

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Bun identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bun

    Bun has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Other Khmer surnames

    All 19 Khmer surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bun come from?
    Derived from Khmer ប៉ុន (pon).
    How common is the surname Bun?
    1,458 people in the United States had the surname Bun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,760 Americans. It ranked 18,793rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bun?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bun identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bun getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,458 in 2010, up 37%.