Last Name BUNTING

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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. A kind of bird.

Origin	English, Irish, Maltese

Rank	3,872 (2000 US census)	3,994 (1990 US census)

Count	8,423 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.59%, or 7378 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
8.8%, or 741 total occurrences, as black,
0.32%, or 27 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.43%, or 36 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.16%, or 98 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.7%, or 143 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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