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    The surname Bunger

    A surname, carried by 1,708 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B526

    Bunger: #16,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bunger #16,743, 1,708 people Bunger: #16,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bunger #16,743, 1,708 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bunger is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,708 people named Bunger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,764 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,559.

    #16,743
    rank among US surnames
    1,708
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,852)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,734Forbush1,709180,659
    #16,743Petti1,708180,764
    #16,748Bruss1,707180,870

    Who is named Bunger

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

    95% of people named Bunger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bunger

    Bunger has the Soundex code B526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B526.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bunger?
    1,708 people in the United States had the surname Bunger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,764 Americans. It ranked 16,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bunger?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bunger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bunger getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,708 in 2010, up 9.6%.