The Bonge surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 229 people carried this name — #82,317 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 219 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Bonge.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 41 people named Bonge 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 Hainaut.
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.
Who carried it
People named Bonge,
with a public archive behind them.
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Daniel Hermann Bonge 1706–1774 · cleric
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Anders Bonge 1710–1789 · musician
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Susanne Bonge 1912–2009 · librarian
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonge.
- Bonetti 1,367 · U.S. census
- Bonetto 121 · U.S. census
- Bonfante 375 · U.S. census
- Bonfanti 433 · U.S. census
- Bonfiglio 1,722 · U.S. census
- Bongard 752 · 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
- Boni 1,326 · U.S. census
- Bonier 116 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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