Last Name BUNTIN

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Meaning Nickname: Good little pet, a term of endearment for a little child, afterwards applied more generally. Buntin, short and thick, as a 'bonnetin' or 'bonneton,' from 'bonne,' good, with diminutive 'et' bonnet, and second diminutive 'in' or 'on' = bonn-et-in, or bonn-et-on. This became 'buntin,' or with excrescent 'g' 'bunting.' Many old French names are double diminutives, and the practice was extended to England.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 16,147 (2000 US census) 11,103 (1990 US census)
Count 1,646 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 81.11%, or 1335 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.97%, or 230 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.31%, or 38 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.88%, or 31 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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