The Bond surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 50,610 people carried this name — #679 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,830 people counted. That is down 1% from 50,980 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 18 births for the Bond name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Dublin.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 489 people named Bond 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
75 people named Bond 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Bond.
Most of them — 38 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Vienne.
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 the Nordic population registers
315 people named Bond 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
Bond in American newspapers,
1875–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,337,220 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bond,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Bond 1712–1784 · physician -
John Bond 1717–1784 · politician -
John Bond, Jr. 1770–1862 · politician -
William Cranch Bond 1789–1859 · astronomer -
Elias Bond 1813–1896
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 254 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bond.
- 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
- Bonde 813 · U.S. census
- Bonder 284 · U.S. census
- Bondi 1,941 · U.S. census
- Bondon 120 · U.S. census
- Bondy 1,832 · U.S. census
- Bone 10,692 · U.S. census
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