The Bonifas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 653 people carried this name — #34,618 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 14% from 575 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bonifas surname
Variant of Boniface.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bonifas» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 155 people named Bonifas.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Tarn.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 27 people named Bonifas 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Bonifas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Paul Bonifas 1902–1975 · actor -
Paul Bonifas 1893–1967 · artist
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Aimé Bonifas 1920–2013 · pastor
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Jeannot Bonifas 1950–2014 · politician
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Marina Bonifas 1985– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonifas.
- 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
- Bonifacio 2,457 · 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
- Bonino 513 · U.S. census
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