English: unexplained. Perhaps a respelling of Bunts.
Probably an altered spelling of Swiss German
Bunz or Bünz, from Alemannic bunz ‘little
barrel’, hence a nickname for a short fat man, or of German
Banz, or from pet form of an Old High German personal name
Bun(n)o, of unexplained etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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