The Bonjean surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 122 people carried this name — #137,327 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 123 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 959 people named Bonjean.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 194 people named Bonjean 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 Luxembourg Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Bonjean,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Louis Bonjean 1780–1846 · pharmacist -
Louis Bernard Bonjean 1804–1871 · lawyer -
Ernest Christophe Bonjean 1823–1892 · bishop -
Georges Bonjean 1848–1918 · lawyer -
Geneviève Page 1927–2025 · actor -
Louis Bonjean 1808–1891 · naturalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonjean.
- 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
- Bonis 272 · U.S. census
- Bonjour 560 · U.S. census
- Bonn 2,266 · U.S. census
- Bonne 384 · U.S. census
- Bonneau 2,147 · U.S. census
- Bonnel 187 · U.S. census
- Bonner 33,446 · U.S. census
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