The Bon surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 957 people carried this name — #24,491 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,640 people named Bon.
112 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
192 people named Bon live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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.
In Poland’s population register
56 people named Bon have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 127 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 40 people named Bon 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 Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bon.
- Bolvin 220 · U.S. census
- Bolze 144 · U.S. census
- Bomba 985 · U.S. census
- Bombard 1,932 · U.S. census
- Bombardier 827 · U.S. census
- Bommarito 1,874 · U.S. census
- Bona 1,670 · U.S. census
- Bonacci 1,830 · U.S. census
- Bonaccorsi 269 · U.S. census
- Bonacorsi 257 · U.S. census
- Bonaldi 104 · U.S. census
- Bonan 190 · U.S. census
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