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    The surname Bunnell

    A surname, carried by 6,355 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B540

    Bunnell: #5,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bunnell #5,472, 6,355 people Bunnell: #5,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bunnell #5,472, 6,355 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bunnell is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,355 people named Bunnell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,583 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,058.

    #5,472
    rank among US surnames
    6,355
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,287)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,463Perrone6,36848,484
    #5,464Albarran6,36648,499
    #5,465Kempf6,36448,514
    #5,466Wingfield6,36248,530
    #5,468Gault6,36048,545
    #5,469Izaguirre6,35848,560
    #5,470Larkins6,35748,568

    Who is named Bunnell

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

    93% of people named Bunnell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bunnells

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dewey Bunnell
      American folk-rock musician, founder of the group America, born 1952
    • Lafayette Bunnell
      American physician, explorer, and writer (1824-1903)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bunnell

    Bunnell has the Soundex code B540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B540.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bunnell?
    6,355 people in the United States had the surname Bunnell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,583 Americans. It ranked 5,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bunnell?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bunnell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bunnell?
    Dewey Bunnell, American folk-rock musician, founder of the group America, followed by Lafayette Bunnell.
    Where is the surname Bunnell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bunnell in the United States.
    Is the surname Bunnell getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,355 in 2010, up 4.9%.