Bunting is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bunting
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: A kind of bird

How popular is Bunting?

Bunting is common in United States.

Bunting is ranked 23933 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bunting bearers increased by 3.585421 per cent in 2010 US census to 8725 since 2000, the surname slipped by 200 spots and ranked at 4072. The last name was found in around 30 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.21 87.59
Black 8.83 8.8
Hispanic or Latino 2.4 1.7
Others 1.64 1.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.32
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.29 0.43
Bunting is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Gibraltar is ahead in terms of density. Around 21464 people have been found who wears Bunting as their family name. Bunting is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
705 Gibraltar7
1,005 Cayman Islands7
9,391 Guyana5
11,480 Japan4
381,097 Ukraine4
4,529 Mauritius3
14,054 China3
50,640 Switzerland2
65,594 Belgium2
26,532 Chile2
147,165 Czech Republic2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
26,123 Malaysia2
723,167 Indonesia2
1,777 Jersey2
124,220 Italy2
14,521 Portugal2
48,575 Azerbaijan1
123,175 Tanzania1
30,360 Thailand1
7,790 Zambia1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
2,613 The Bahamas1
37,493 Austria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,374 Bermuda1
8,181 Botswana1
165,773 Belarus1
11,486 Estonia1
42,479 Greece1
531 Greenland1
16,640 Hong Kong1
20,172 Hungary1
16,283 Lithuania1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
7,895 South Korea1
5,553 Taiwan1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,551 Qatar39
8,504 Ireland33
3,889 Trinidad and Tobago32
32,811 Sweden29
60,950 Spain28
23,443 Norway26
69,202 Netherlands18
406,964 Russia14
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Bunting:
5,787 Canada748
19,380 Germany538
1,898 New Zealand398
823 Northern Ireland393
39,199 Philippines258
2,871 Scotland230
1,340 Jamaica214
1,796 Panama196
3,094 Wales124
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Bunting:
1,526 England5,179
5,014 South Africa1,297
2,897 Australia1,070
Countries with ten thousands of Bunting:
3,871 United States10,336
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Bridget Bunting was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 1, 1846. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as workwoman and took Orphan from Liverpool. Anne Bunting (40) Widow, Immigrant James Bunting, Workman William Bunting, 26 years old Sarah Bunting, 24 years old Mrs Bunting, 25 years old Richard Bunting, Workman Alexr. Bunting, are other Bunting that migrated to US from Belfast, Liverpool, Limerick and Glasgow.

Bunting Namesakes

  • Bainbridge Bunting, Historian
  • Basil Bunting, Poet
  • Bill Bunting, Basketball Player
  • Edward Bunting, Musical Artist
  • Madeleine Bunting, Writer
  • John Bunting, Activist
  • Eve Bunting, Writer
  • John Bunting, Activist
  • Jabez Bunting Snowball, Politician
  • William Bunting Snowball, Canadian Politician
  • In 2016, James Bunting portrayed the role of Leadfist in western flick Retribution of the Wolf.

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