The Bonfiglio surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,722 people carried this name — #16,641 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,773 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bonfiglio surname
From bono (“good”) + figlio (“child, son”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bonfiglio» (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 1,174 people named Bonfiglio 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 136 people named Bonfiglio.
Most of them — 86 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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
73 people named Bonfiglio live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 print
Bonfiglio in American newspapers,
1903–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 403 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bonfiglio,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesco Bonfiglio 1883–1966 · psychiatrist -
Francesco Bonfiglio 1883–1966 · psychiatrist
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Francesco Bonfiglio 1542–1594 · Catholic priest
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Francesco Bonfiglio 1845–1929 · writer
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Salvatore Bonfiglio 1854– · chemist
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Giuseppe Bonfiglio 1860–1916 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonfiglio.
- 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
- Bongard 752 · U.S. census
- Bonge 229 · U.S. census
- Bongiorno 2,029 · U.S. census
- Bongiovanni 1,596 · U.S. census
- Bonheur 238 · U.S. census
- Bonhomme 1,101 · U.S. census
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