Bodnar surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bodnar surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,469 people carried this name — #5,789 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,300 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

1,970 people named Bodnar have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 4,454 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in West Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Pomeranian 486
Lower Silesian 289
Subcarpathian 240
Warmian-Masurian 175
Pomeranian 171
Lubusz 116
Silesian 94
Masovian 79

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 103 people named Bodnar.

41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Aube.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 41
Aube 9
Drôme 7
Sarthe 6
Pas-de-Calais 4
Ille-et-Vilaine 4
Paris 3
Seine-Maritime 3
Haute-Savoie 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 95 people named Bodnar live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 40
Brussels-Capital 39
Namur 6
Flemish Brabant 5
West Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

73 people named Bodnar live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 23
Lucerne 12
Bern 11
Aargau 9
Ticino 6
Basel-Landschaft 5
Geneva 4
Thurgau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

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