How common is the surname Bunker?

7,581 people in the United States had the surname Bunker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,726 Americans. It ranked 4,679th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bunker?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bunker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bunker?

Clive Bunker, British drummer, followed by Dennis Miller Bunker.

Where is the surname Bunker most common?

Wikidata records people named Bunker in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Bunker getting more or less common?

More common. 7,276 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,581 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Bunker

A surname, carried by 7,581 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bunker is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,581 people named Bunker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,726 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,276.

#4,679

rank among US surnames

7,581

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,487)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,675	Donley	7,589	40,683
#4,676	Cassell	7,587	40,694
#4,678	Matheson	7,585	40,705
#4,679	Minnick	7,581	40,726

Who is named Bunker

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

93% of people named Bunker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bunkers

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clive Bunker
British drummer, born 1946
Dennis Miller Bunker
American artist (1861-1890)
Ellsworth Bunker
American diplomat (1894–1984)
Larry Bunker
American musician (1928–2005)
Berkeley L. Bunker
American politician (1906-1999)
Alice Bunker Stockham
American obstetrician, gynecologist and activist (1833–1912)
Nelson Bunker Hunt
American businessman (1926-2014)

Notable Bunkers come mostly from the United States (6) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bunker

Bunker 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 Bunker?: 7,581 people in the United States had the surname Bunker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,726 Americans. It ranked 4,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bunker?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bunker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bunker?: Clive Bunker, British drummer, followed by Dennis Miller Bunker.
Where is the surname Bunker most common?: Wikidata records people named Bunker in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Bunker getting more or less common?: More common. 7,276 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,581 in 2010, up 4.2%.