The Bonfante surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 375 people carried this name — #54,864 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 17% from 320 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 239 people named Bonfante 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 113 people named Bonfante.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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.
Who carried it
People named Bonfante,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuliano Bonfante 1904–2005 · university teacher -
Giuliano Bonfante 1904–2005 · university teacher -
Silvio Bonfante 1921–1944 · partisan -
Enrique Bonfante 1840–1899 · cantaor
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Pietro Bonfante 1864–1932 · jurist
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Egidio Bonfante 1922–2004 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonfante.
- Bonelli 1,733 · U.S. census
- Bonello 580 · 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
- Bonfanti 433 · U.S. census
- Bonfiglio 1,722 · U.S. census
- Bongard 752 · U.S. census
- Bonge 229 · U.S. census
- Bongiorno 2,029 · U.S. census
- Bongiovanni 1,596 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bonfante 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.
