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    The surname Bunch

    A surname, carried by 22,117 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B520

    Bunch: #1,629 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Bunch #1,629, 22,117 people Bunch: #1,629 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bunch #1,629, 22,117 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bunch is more common than 99% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 22,117 people named Bunch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,960 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,574.

    #1,629
    rank among US surnames
    22,117
    people in 2010
    7.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #1,529)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,621Samuels22,20713,903
    #1,622Dukes22,18713,916
    #1,623Sheridan22,17713,922
    #1,625Vickers22,17613,923
    #1,626Cartwright22,15613,935
    #1,627Link22,13713,947
    #1,628Blackmon22,13013,951

    Who is named Bunch

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

    79% of people named Bunch identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bunchs

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charlotte Bunch
      American author and activist, born 1944
    • Chris Bunch
      American writer (1943–2005)
    • John Bunch
      American jazz pianist (1921–2010)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bunch

    Bunch has the Soundex code B520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bunch?
    22,117 people in the United States had the surname Bunch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,960 Americans. It ranked 1,629th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bunch?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Bunch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bunch?
    Charlotte Bunch, American author and activist, followed by Chris Bunch.
    Where is the surname Bunch most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bunch in the United States.
    Is the surname Bunch getting more or less common?
    More common. 21,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,117 in 2010, up 2.5%.