The Bonner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 33,446 people carried this name — #1,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,820 people counted. That is up 5% from 31,761 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Bonner.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Loire.
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
20 people named Bonner live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Bonner in American newspapers,
1859.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 199,997 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bonner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edmund Bonner 1500–1569 · Catholic priest -
Richard Bonner 1788–1867 · Christian minister -
Dennis Bonner 1821–1907 · politician -
Robert E. Bonner 1824–1899 · journalist -
Margaret Lucy Bonner d. 1989
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Richard Bonner 1541–1548 · cleric
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonner.
- Bonjean 122 · 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
- Bonnes 387 · U.S. census
- Bonnet 2,240 · U.S. census
- Bonnette 2,696 · U.S. census
- Bonnevie 154 · U.S. census
- Bonneville 1,066 · U.S. census
- Bonney 4,491 · U.S. census
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