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The Bonjour surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 560 people carried this name — #39,281 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 17% from 480 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bonjour surname

A French surname, Bonjour.

Uppercase form of bonjour (“hello”). In France, most prevalent in Jura and Rhône departments.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bonjour» (French), 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 1,019 people named Bonjour.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Jura.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Jura 136
Rhône 136
Loire 77
Doubs 74
Paris 72
Ille-et-Vilaine 46
Indre 44
Côtes-d’Armor 35

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

592 people named Bonjour live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 277
Neuchâtel 87
Geneva 52
Bern 51
Valais 37
Fribourg 28
Ticino 12
Zurich 10

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 171 people named Bonjour 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 142
La Pampa 29

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Bonjour,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paul Bonjour
    Paul Bonjour d. 1857 · actor
  • Guillaume Bonjour
    Guillaume Bonjour 1670–1714 · astronomer
  • Casimir Bonjour
    Casimir Bonjour 1793–1856 · librarian
  • Emile Bonjour
    Emile Bonjour 1862–1941 · curator
  • Auguste-Léon Bonjour
    Auguste-Léon Bonjour 1897–1986 · military personnel
  • Noé Antoine Abraham Bonjour 1731–1807 · mercenary

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Bonjour.

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