Bunger

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Berufsname: 'Trommler', 'Paukenschläger'; Bearer count 251

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈbəŋɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bunger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 38K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 195K
  • LRLiberia≈1 in 23K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bunger itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,100 people, est.

Sources
221 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)

Liberia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bünger in DE Germany and Buenger in ML Mali.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Berufsname: 'Trommler', 'Paukenschläger'; Bearer count 251.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bunger counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bunger is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 38K—Bünger77
US United States—1,7081 in 195K1.7KBunger221
ML Mali#372≈1,100 est.≈1 in 18K—Buenger1
GH Ghana—≈1,000 est.≈1 in 29K—Bunger2
LR Liberia#342≈220 est.≈1 in 23K—Bunger1
DK Denmark—1451 in 40K145——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bunger is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Danish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Bünger

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Búnger, Bünger

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Bünger

  • Polish name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bünger

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States

    Also written Bünger

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bunger is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Berufsname für Trommel- oder Paukenschläger; 251 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Bunger,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Bunger
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.7K#16,743
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.6K#16,852
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.5K#18,143
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—9#43,565
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Bunger?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbəŋɝ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Bunger mean?
Recorded meaning: Berufsname: 'Trommler', 'Paukenschläger'; Bearer count 251.
In which country does Bunger have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.1 thousand people named Bunger in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bünger.
How common is the name Bunger?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,708 people named Bunger in 2010, about 1 in 195 thousand residents.
How common is Bunger compared with other names?
In Liberia, Bunger is the 342nd most common surname of 10,200 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bunger” — the 342nd most common surname in Liberia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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