The Bonds surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,620 people carried this name — #2,643 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 12,763 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

28 people named Bonds is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 28

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

Bonds in American newspapers,
1919–1921.

Newspaper page from The Star-progress carrying the name Bonds
The Star-progress 1919-12-20
Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Bonds
Great Falls Tribune 1921-12-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Bonds in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

1,709 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bonds. The most, 295, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 519
Victoria 498
Queensland 281
South Australia 224
Tasmania 88
Western Australia 81
ACT (Canberra) 9
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bonds.

Who carried it

People named Bonds,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Margaret Bonds
    Margaret Bonds 1913–1972 · composer
  • Billy Bonds
    Billy Bonds 1946–2025 · association football player
  • David W. Bonds d. 2002
  • Håkan Bonds 1927–2008 · sculptor
  • Bill Bonds 1933–2014 · television presenter
  • Robert Bonds 1941–2014 · athletics competitor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bonds,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States671 records

671 records of the Bonds name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 411
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 181
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 43
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael David Bonds

    Born 1952; from St Louis, Missouri. U.S. Army, food service specialist; died in an accident 1971 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Odell Bonds

    Born 1916 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; construction laborer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hermann Bonds

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Alaska from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 18; laborer. From Finland, Russia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 671 records for Bonds in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia24 records

24 records of the Bonds name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 19
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Bonds

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Shalimar, aged 44; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Bonds

    Miner of Clunes, Victoria; died 1895.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record William Bonds

    Selected land at Mackay, Queensland in 1887.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Bonds in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Bonds name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Tina Bonds

    Listed at Arichat Township, Richmond, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Robart Bonds

    Listed at Arichat Township, Richmond, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Bonds name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anthonia Bonds

    Married in 1771 in Delfshaven; born in Voorburg.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Beerent Hinderiks Bonds

    Married in 1776 in Westerbroek.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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