The Bunnell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,355 people carried this name — #5,472 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,058 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bunnell surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Bonehill’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 147 · public domain.

In print

Bunnell in American newspapers,
1890–1918.

Newspaper page from The Commoner carrying the name Bunnell
The Commoner 1910-01-14
Newspaper page from The Helena Independent carrying the name Bunnell
The Helena Independent 1890-02-12
Newspaper page from The Evening Herald carrying the name Bunnell
The Evening Herald 1918-04-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 72,102 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bunnell in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

1,496 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bunnell. The most, 316, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 508
New South Wales 399
Queensland 361
South Australia 122
Western Australia 59
Tasmania 36
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bunnell.

Who carried it

People named Bunnell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lafayette Bunnell
    Lafayette Bunnell 1824–1903 · writer
  • Frank Charles Bunnell
    Frank Charles Bunnell 1842–1911 · lawyer
  • Stephen Bunnell 1731–1813
  • Stephen Bunnell 1767–1857
  • Merritt Bunnell 1799–
  • William Rufus Bunnell 1806–1872

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bunnell,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States532 records

532 records of the Bunnell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 251
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 117
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 81
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 50
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 19
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Melvin J. Bunnell

    Born 1917 in Washington. Enlisted 1943 at Pullman; sales clerk from Grays Harbor County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Bunnell

    Arrived at New York in 1859 aboard the Princeton from Liverpool, aged 25; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jack Edward Bunnell

    Born 1933; from Dixon, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps; died in an accident 1952 in Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 532 records for Bunnell in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia27 records

27 records of the Bunnell name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 16
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Francis Bunnell

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Pyramus, sailing from London in 1838. Native of Cheshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Bunnell

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Royal Charter, as an infant; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Arthur W. Bunnell

    Gentleman of Newport, Victoria; died 1955.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 27 records for Bunnell in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Bunnell name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Lewis Bunnell

    Died 1963 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record George Allen Bunnell

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Charles William Bunnell

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Bunnell in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Bunnell name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Bunnell

    Manchester Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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