Bunting

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Bunting A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist R.H. Bunting (fl. 1923). === Further reading === Author query of the International Plant Names Index == English == === Etymology === From bunting, a nickname for someone who resembled the songbird. === Proper noun === Bunting (plural Buntings) A surname transferred from the nickname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Bunting is the 4072nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8725 individuals. Bunting is most common among White (86.21%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bunting”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 251.