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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).

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


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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 1891 there were 8 Bunde families living in Norfolk. This was about 38% of all the recorded Bunde's in United Kingdom. Norfolk had the highest population of Bunde families in 1891.
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What did your Bunde ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Bunde. 100% of Bunde women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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Passenger Lists

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

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There are 2,000 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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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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