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    The surname Bunn

    A surname, carried by 11,180 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B500

    Bunn: #3,230 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bunn #3,230, 11,180 people Bunn: #3,230 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bunn #3,230, 11,180 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bunn is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, variant of Bone. * As a German surname, perhaps a variant of Bunde.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,180 people named Bunn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,616 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,800.

    #3,230
    rank among US surnames
    11,180
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,078)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,222Sage11,20727,549
    #3,223Brockman11,20427,557
    #3,224Nino11,20227,562
    #3,225Parent11,19327,584
    #3,226Lenz11,19127,589
    #3,227Keck11,18627,601
    #3,228Houghton11,18427,606

    Who is named Bunn

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

    81% of people named Bunn identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bunn

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bunn come from?
    * As an English surname, variant of Bone. * As a German surname, perhaps a variant of Bunde.
    How common is the surname Bunn?
    11,180 people in the United States had the surname Bunn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,616 Americans. It ranked 3,230th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bunn?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Bunn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bunn getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,800 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,180 in 2010, up 3.5%.