The Bonato surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 261 people carried this name — #74,141 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 12% from 234 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 651 people named Bonato 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 Entre Ríos.
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 323 people named Bonato.
108 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Isère.
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
147 people named Bonato live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 print
Bonato in American newspapers,
1907–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Bonato,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Antonio Bonato 1753–1836 · botanist -
Mauro Bonato 1959– · politician -
Giovanni Bonato 1961– · composer -
Yann Bonato 1972– · basketball player -
Yoann Bonato 1983– · rally driver -
Pietro Bonato 1765–1820 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 42 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonato.
- Bonanni 705 · U.S. census
- Bonanno 3,709 · U.S. census
- Bonard 134 · U.S. census
- Bonardi 306 · U.S. census
- Bonas 283 · U.S. census
- Bonati 114 · U.S. census
- Bonaventura 679 · U.S. census
- Bonaventure 586 · U.S. census
- Bonavia 254 · U.S. census
- Bonavita 812 · U.S. census
- Bonazza 136 · U.S. census
- Bonci 119 · U.S. census
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