The Bonaventura surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 699 people carried this name — #31,339 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 96 people named Bonaventura.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
47 people named Bonaventura live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonaventura.
- Bonanno 3,677 · U.S. census
- Bonard 134 · U.S. census
- Bonardi 282 · U.S. census
- Bonas 294 · U.S. census
- Bonati 118 · U.S. census
- Bonato 234 · U.S. census
- Bonaventure 521 · U.S. census
- Bonavia 248 · U.S. census
- Bonavita 748 · U.S. census
- Bonazza 136 · U.S. census
- Bonci 123 · U.S. census
- Bond 50,980 · U.S. census
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