Bunte

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

Bunte is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Bunte.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 48K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 613K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 69K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
144 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 48K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

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)

Borrowed from German Bunte.

Sources 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bunte 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 Bunte is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈1,700 est.≈1 in 48K—Bunte84
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 95K—Bunte1
US United States—5431 in 613K560Bunte144
NL Netherlands—2511 in 69K251Bunte30
GB United Kingdom—≈76 est.≈1 in 862K—Bunte36
GT Guatemala—≈58 est.≈1 in 296K—Bunte1
JM Jamaica—≈12 est.≈1 in 242K—Bunte1
GD Grenada#202———Bunte1

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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)

Bunte is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bünte

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Bünte

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Bünte

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Bünte

29 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)

Bunte is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, linu šķiedra, iepakota pārdošanai (8 kg)

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Vairāki kopā sasieti skali

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Dumpis; nemieri

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Saišķis

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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)

18001850190019502000Bernhard Bunte, b. 1821Hans Bunte, b. 1848Friedrich Bunte, b. 1858Karl Bunte, b. 1879Wolfgang Bunte, b. 1924Doris Bunte, b. 1933Hermann-Josef Bunte, b. 1941Eberhard Knödler-Bunte, b. 1945Michael Bunte, b. 1964Stephanie Bunte, b. 1989

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 Bunte,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Bunte
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000560#37,429
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010543#40,313
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020519#44,544
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007251#8,288
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Bunte mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from German Bunte. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Bunte?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbənt/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Bunte have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Bunte in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bunte.
How common is the name Bunte?
In the United States, the national register counted 543 people named Bunte in 2010, about 1 in 613 thousand residents.
How common is Bunte compared with other names?
In Grenada, Bunte is the 202nd most common surname of 3,427 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, “Bunte” — the 202nd most common surname in Grenada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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