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The Bondy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,832 people carried this name — #15,879 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,811 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bondy surname

Sephardic Jewish name, from Ladino Bondia, from Latin bonus diēs (literally “good day”), calque of Hebrew יוֹם טוֹב (yom tov).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bondy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 138 people named Bondy.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Paris 26
Indre 15
Haute-Saône 10
Doubs 7
Indre-et-Loire 7
Dordogne 6
Haute-Vienne 5
Saône-et-Loire 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Bondy in American newspapers,
1920–1926.

Newspaper page from Przewodnik Katolicki carrying the name Bondy
Przewodnik Katolicki 1926-02-19
Newspaper page from Przewodnik Katolicki carrying the name Bondy
Przewodnik Katolicki 1925-02-06
Newspaper page from Przewodnik Katolicki carrying the name Bondy
Przewodnik Katolicki 1920-04-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,165 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bondy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Filip Bondy
    Filip Bondy 1830–1907 · rabbi
  • Bohumil Bondy
    Bohumil Bondy 1832–1907 · entrepreneur
  • Otto Bondy
    Otto Bondy 1844–1928 · industrialist
  • Ruth Bondy d. 1943
  • Josef Bondy d. 1918 · lawyer
  • Joseph Bondy, dit Douaire 1770–1832 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Bondy 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.

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