The Bonneau surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,147 people carried this name — #14,030 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 137,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,078 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 7,551 people named Bonneau.
58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.
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 92 people named Bonneau 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 Santa Fe.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
47 people named Bonneau live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Bonneau in American newspapers,
1856–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,137 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bonneau,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Bonneau 1851–1938 · military personnel -
Beatrice Alice Georgina Capell d. 1939
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Thomas Bonneau 1505–1662 · financier
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Jacques Bonneau 1577– · financier
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Francis Bonneau 1753–1802
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Jean Marie Bonneau 1797–1880 · philologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonneau.
- Boniol 151 · U.S. census
- Bonis 272 · U.S. census
- Bonjean 122 · U.S. census
- Bonjour 560 · U.S. census
- Bonn 2,266 · U.S. census
- Bonne 384 · U.S. census
- Bonnel 187 · U.S. census
- Bonner 33,446 · U.S. census
- Bonnes 387 · U.S. census
- Bonnet 2,240 · U.S. census
- Bonnette 2,696 · U.S. census
- Bonnevie 154 · U.S. census
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