The Bonifacio surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,457 people carried this name — #12,597 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 120,500 people counted. That is up 38% from 1,784 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,391 people named Bonifacio 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 131 people named Bonifacio.
41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
123 people named Bonifacio live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Bonifacio 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.
In print
Bonifacio in American newspapers,
1888–1942.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,455 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bonifacio,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Bernardino Bonifacio 1517–1597 · librarian -
Giovanni Bonifacio 1547–1635 · writer -
Baldassarre Bonifacio 1585–1659 · bishop -
Andrés Bonifacio 1863–1897 · president -
Francesco Bonifacio 1912–1946 · priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 45 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonifacio.
- 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
- Boniface 960 · U.S. census
- Bonifas 653 · U.S. census
- Bonifay 320 · U.S. census
- Bonilla 51,475 · U.S. census
- Bonillo 172 · U.S. census
- Bonin 4,034 · U.S. census
- Bonini 708 · U.S. census
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