The Bonnet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,240 people carried this name — #13,541 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,061 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bonnet surname
Variant of Bonnett, ultimately from French.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bonnet» (English), 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 31,016 people named Bonnet.
528 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 104 départements, most often Paris.
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 927 people named Bonnet 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 Entre Ríos.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 604 people named Bonnet 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 Hainaut.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
440 people named Bonnet live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 the Nordic population registers
30 people named Bonnet is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Bonnet in American newspapers,
1901–1904.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 818,602 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bonnet,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoine Joseph Bonnet de Treyches 1722–1808 · politician -
Louis-Ferdinand Bonnet 1760–1839 · lawyer -
Guillaume Bonnet 1820–1873 · sculptor -
Jules Bonnet 1840–1928 · photographer -
Baptiste Bonnet 1844–1925 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 238 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonnet.
- 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
- Bonnes 387 · 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
- Bonnici 308 · U.S. census
- Bonnie 876 · U.S. census
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