The Bona surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,709 people carried this name — #16,734 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,670 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
607 people named Bona have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 697 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 543 people named Bona live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 357 people named Bona.
76 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Paris.
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
114 people named Bona live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Bona 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 Liège.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
36 people named Bona is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Bona in American newspapers,
1842–1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 534,626 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bona,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Bona 1609–1674 · writer -
Bartolomeo Bona 1793–1876 · politician -
Francisco Javier de Bona y García de Tejada d. 1883 · painter
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Tommaso Bona 1548–1614 · artist
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Valerio Bona 1560–1620 · composer
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Nikola Bunić 1635–1678 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bona.
- Bolze 144 · U.S. census
- Bomba 967 · U.S. census
- Bombard 2,032 · U.S. census
- Bombardier 827 · U.S. census
- Bommarito 1,879 · U.S. census
- Bon 1,123 · U.S. census
- Bonacci 1,846 · U.S. census
- Bonaccorsi 267 · U.S. census
- Bonacorsi 269 · U.S. census
- Bonaldi 107 · U.S. census
- Bonan 161 · U.S. census
- Bonanni 705 · U.S. census
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