The Bonaventure surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 586 people carried this name — #37,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 521 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 587 people named Bonaventure.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 70 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 115 people named Bonaventure 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.
Who carried it
People named Bonaventure,
with a public archive behind them.
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André Bonaventure 1960– · politician
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Bertrand Bonaventure 1978– · archaeologist
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Chanelle Bonaventure 1991– · politician
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Ysaline Bonaventure 1994– · tennis player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonaventure.
- Bonard 134 · U.S. census
- Bonardi 306 · U.S. census
- Bonas 283 · U.S. census
- Bonati 114 · U.S. census
- Bonato 261 · U.S. census
- Bonaventura 679 · U.S. census
- Bonavia 254 · U.S. census
- Bonavita 812 · U.S. census
- Bonazza 136 · U.S. census
- Bonci 119 · U.S. census
- Bond 50,610 · U.S. census
- Bonde 813 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bonaventure is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.