# Bunkley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bunkley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,088 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,386 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 283,773 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (1,068 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place or a variant of Bingley.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bunkley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 4.0% |

## Similar surnames

Binkley, Bingley, Bansal, Bonsall.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.