The Bonifay surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 320 people carried this name — #62,531 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 318 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 589 people named Bonifay.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Bonifay 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 Bonifay,
with a public archive behind them.
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Édouard Bonifay 1836–1913 · politician
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Anita Bonifay 1871–1901
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Antoine Bonifay 1874–1947 · writer
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Fernand Bonifay 1920–1993 · songwriter
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Eugène Bonifay 1927–2019 · geologist
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Marie-Françoise Bonifay 1935– · paleontologist
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonifay.
- 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
- Bonifas 653 · 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
- Boniol 151 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bonifay is.
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