Bunch (surname)

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Bunch is a surname. According to George Fraser Black (The Surnames of Scotland, 1946), it is "a surname peculiar to Perth and neighbourhood, and found in Perth so early as first half of the fifteenth century".

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Notable people with the surname include:

Geographical distribution

At the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881, the frequency of the surname Bunch was highest in the following counties, by order of frequency: [1]

As of 2014, the frequency of the surname was highest in the following countries: [1]

As of 2014, 90.9% of all known bearers of the surname Bunch were residents of the United States. The frequency of the surname was higher than the national average in the following states: [1]

The frequency of the surname was highest (over 20 times the national average) in the following U.S. counties: [1]

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