The BOND Surname
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						Taken from the Oxford's "A Dictionary of English Surnames" Bond, Bondi, Bonds, Bondy, Bound, Bounds, Boundy, Bunday, Bundey, Bundy: Bonde, Bondi, Bunde, Bondi 1086DB; Albertus filius Bund', Bonde 1199, 1202 FFNf; Norman le Bonde 1180 P (Wa); William Bonde 1185 Templars (Wa); Robert Bunde 1198 P (Beds); Henry le Bounde 1297 MinAcctCo (Herts). le Bonde is clearly from OE bonda, bunda, ON bonde, bondi 'husbandman, peasant, churl', later 'unfree tenant, serf'.  The simple Bonde may be from the same source or from ON Bondi, ODa Bondi, Bundi, OSw Bonde.
					What does all of this mean?  Well, for one, BOND is an old name since it was found in the Doomsday Book.  Also, there are many forms of the name, including BONDS, BOUNDS and BUNDY.  This means that individuals with these not uncommon names may be members of the "Bond Family".  The name may have many origins, with one that seems to be Viking (Old Norse), meaning peasant and later serf.  It seems that there were BONDs living in the following areas of England; Warwickshire, Bedsfordshire and Hertfordshire.  From the surname distribution map it seems that there were many BONDs in the south part of England.  Since this data is based on the 1881 census it may not reflect the original geographic origins of the BOND families.  I will produce similar maps from early tax data and for some of the other names close to BOND.
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