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

The Bongiorno surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,029 people carried this name — #14,662 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 144,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,891 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 994 people named Bongiorno 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 479
City of Buenos Aires 172
Córdoba 147
Santa Fe 136
La Pampa 45
Mendoza 15

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 124 people named Bongiorno.

Most of them — 81 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 81
Bouches-du-Rhône 16
Hauts-de-Seine 6
Finistère 3
Val-de-Marne 3
Haute-Marne 3
Rhône 3
Paris 2
Seine-Maritime 1

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 105 people named Bongiorno 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

Hainaut 63
Limburg 19
Namur 8
Brussels-Capital 5
Flemish Brabant 5
Liège 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

77 people named Bongiorno live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Glarus.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Glarus 19
Ticino 19
Bern 9
Thurgau 9
Vaud 7
Basel-Landschaft 6
Zurich 5
Basel-Stadt 3

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

Bongiorno in American newspapers,
1879–1916.

Newspaper page from The Jewish Advance carrying the name Bongiorno
The Jewish Advance 1879-10-24
Newspaper page from Nogales Daily Herald carrying the name Bongiorno
Nogales Daily Herald 1916-11-21
Newspaper page from Valdez Daily Prospector carrying the name Bongiorno
Valdez Daily Prospector 1916-12-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 212 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bongiorno,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno 1924–2009 · actor
  • Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno 1924–2009 · actor
  • Mike Bongiorno
    Mike Bongiorno 1924–2009 · actor
  • Giovanni Battista Bongiorno 1830–1901 · Catholic priest
  • Anna Bongiorno 1918–2014 · composer
  • Anna Bongiorno 1918–2014 · composer

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Bongiorno is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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