Bunde Family History

Bunde Surname Meaning

North German: status name for a farmer from Middle Low German bunde bunne related to Danish Swedish bonde ‘free peasant’ (see Bond).

German (Bünde): topographic name from Old High German biunda ‘enclosed fertile pasture’ (modern German Bünde Beunte), a derivative of biwenden ‘to bend or weave’ with reference to the practice of making fences from woven branches.

There are many different local forms and communal implications concerning the use of the land.

North German (Bünde): habitational name from a place in Westphalia so named with the same word as in 2 above.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Bonde, Bunge, Budde, Linde, Sundt, Bunce, Lande, Quade, Lunde, Brede

7K	Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
2K	Military Records
666	Immigration Records
3K	Census and Voter Lists
5K	Member Trees

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Where is the Bunde family from?

You can see how Bunde families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bunde family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Bunde families were found in USA in 1920. In 1911 there were 5 Bunde families living in Manitoba. This was about 83% of all the recorded Bunde's in Canada. Manitoba had the highest population of Bunde families in 1911.

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What did your Bunde ancestors do for a living?

In 1940, Farmer and Seamstress were the top reported jobs for men and women in the USA named Bunde. 33% of Bunde men worked as a Farmer and 22% of Bunde women worked as a Seamstress. Some less common occupations for Americans named Bunde were Farming and Laundress.

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Farmer

33%

Laborer

13%

Carpenter

Farming

Seamstress

22%

Office clerk

16%

Inspector

11%

Laundress

11%

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Census Record

There are 3K census records available for the last name Bunde. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Bunde census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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Passenger List

There are 666 immigration records available for the last name Bunde. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Military Records

There are 2K military records available for the last name Bunde. For the veterans among your Bunde ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Bunde lifespan?

Between 1953 and 2004, in the United States, Bunde life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1955, and highest in 1975. The average life expectancy for Bunde in 1953 was 57, and 78 in 2004.

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Bunde Surname Meaning

North German: status name for a farmer from Middle Low German bunde bunne related to Danish Swedish bonde ‘free peasant’ (see Bond).

There are many different local forms and communal implications concerning the use of the land.

North German (Bünde): habitational name from a place in Westphalia so named with the same word as in 2 above.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Bunde family from?

What did your Bunde ancestors do for a living?

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Farmer

33%

Laborer

13%

Carpenter

Farming

Seamstress

22%

Office clerk

16%

Inspector

11%

Laundress

11%

What Bunde family records will you find?

What is the average Bunde lifespan?

Between 1953 and 2004, in the United States, Bunde life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1955, and highest in 1975. The average life expectancy for Bunde in 1953 was 57, and 78 in 2004.

Bunde Family History

Bunde Surname Meaning

19,000 record(s) for Bunde

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Bunde Surname Meaning

19,000 record(s) for Bunde

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Where is the Bunde family from?

What did your Bunde ancestors do for a living?

Top Male Occupations In 1940

Top Female Occupations In 1940

What Bunde family records will you find?

Census Record

Passenger List

Military Records

You've only scratched the surface of Bunde family history

What is the average Bunde lifespan?

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