Bongard surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bongard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 752 people carried this name — #30,916 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 701 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

579 people named Bongard live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Fribourg 315
Vaud 103
Bern 44
Geneva 44
Zurich 16
Neuchâtel 16
Basel-Landschaft 10
St. Gallen 10

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 256 people named Bongard.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Nièvre.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Nièvre 34
Indre-et-Loire 18
Paris 18
Côte-d’Or 18
Vosges 13
Meurthe-et-Moselle 12
Drôme 11
Somme 11

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 22 people named Bongard 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

Liège 22

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Bongard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Heinrich Bongard
    Johann Heinrich Bongard 1779–1857 · physician
  • May Clara Bongard d. 1919
  • Bernard van den Bongard 1560–1629 · art collector
  • Bernard van den Bongard 1598–1641 · art collector
  • Gustav Heinrich von Bongard 1786–1839 · botanist
  • Gustav Heinrich von Bongard 1786–1839 · botanist

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

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Surnames next to Bongard.

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