The Bonello surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 580 people carried this name — #38,214 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 601 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bonello surname
From Bono + -ello (diminutive suffix).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bonello» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 344 people named Bonello 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 227 people named Bonello.
Most of them — 114 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
34 people named Bonello live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Bonello 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonello.
- 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
- Bonelli 1,733 · U.S. census
- Bonenfant 802 · U.S. census
- Bonet 2,187 · U.S. census
- Bonetti 1,367 · U.S. census
- Bonetto 121 · U.S. census
- Bonfante 375 · U.S. census
- Bonfanti 433 · U.S. census
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