Check out this site to see how many people in the US share your name. Bunkers make up approximately .003 of the population and rank 4117 in the list of surnames. I checked some more of my ancestors and found one that ranked 44,000 + and another that was the 12th most common name in America. <http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames.html> To determine the number of people with the name living in the US in 2000, multiply the percentage (.003) by the total population (281,421,906). To check out the frequency of names in England <http://www.taliesin-arlein.net/names/search.php> This site tells you how to figure out the number of people living in England with the name today and also the number who have been recorded since the 1600's. Very interesting site. If you are researching your ancestors and find that they have a very common name like one of mine, you will see why you may be having so much trouble sorting them out. However, even if there is any extremely unusual name with few people, that does not mean they are all related. Spellings have changed over the years and names that sounded similar may now be the same as another. Then again, you may find a name like Küster which is now spelled Kester, Kuester, Kuster, Kister, Custer, Caster and about 20 more different ways. And they all descended from the same person. Isn't genealogy fun? Bette