The Bonilla surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 34,824 people carried this name — #908 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,750 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 178 people named Bonilla.
Most of them — 100 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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
132 people named Bonilla live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Bonilla in American newspapers,
1890–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,080 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bonilla,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josep Maria Bonilla i Martínez 1808–1880 · painter -
Policarpo Bonilla 1858–1926 · lawyer -
Manuel Bonilla Elhart 1868–1881 · military personnel -
Manuel Casimiro Bonilla 1873–1954 · military personnel -
Adolfo Bonilla 1875–1926 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 147 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonilla.
- Boni 1,263 · U.S. census
- Bonier 129 · U.S. census
- Boniface 845 · U.S. census
- Bonifacio 1,784 · U.S. census
- Bonifas 575 · U.S. census
- Bonifay 318 · U.S. census
- Bonillo 131 · U.S. census
- Bonin 3,937 · U.S. census
- Bonini 590 · U.S. census
- Bonino 499 · U.S. census
- Boniol 136 · U.S. census
- Bonis 293 · U.S. census
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