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

The Bonhomme surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,101 people carried this name — #23,167 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 27% from 865 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 5,871 people named Bonhomme.

130 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 100 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 130
Paris 347
Haute-Loire 339
Loire 310
Rhône 307
Puy-de-Dôme 305
Cantal 238
Gard 172
Orne 172

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 380 people named Bonhomme 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 289
Limburg 67
Antwerp 7
Hainaut 7
Brussels-Capital 5
West Flanders 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Bonhomme live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 11
Geneva 9
Zurich 7

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 20 people named Bonhomme 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 Santa Fe.

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

Where they live today

Santa Fe 20

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Bonhomme,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Guillaume Cale 1310–1358 · farmer
  • Yolande Bonhomme 1490–1557 · printer
  • Macé Bonhomme 1526–1570 · typographer
  • Macé Bonhomme 1526–1569 · typographer
  • Pierre Bonhomme 1555–1617 · composer
  • Henri Bonhomme 1608–1679

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

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