The Bonney surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,491 people carried this name — #7,413 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,419 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bonney surname
Variant of Bonnie.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bonney» (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 60 people named Bonney.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 print
Bonney in American newspapers,
1862.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,637 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bonney,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elvira Sturteuant Thompson Bonney 1804–1885 -
Charles Bonney 1813–1897 · politician -
Samuel William Bonney 1815–1864 · teacher -
Mary Bonney 1816–1900 · educator -
Desmond Bonney d. 2004 · archaeologist
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Jerry Bonney d. 2026 · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonney.
- 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
- Bonneville 1,066 · U.S. census
- Bonnici 308 · U.S. census
- Bonnie 876 · U.S. census
- Bonnier 159 · U.S. census
- Bonnin 541 · U.S. census
- Bonno 301 · U.S. census
- Bonnot 272 · U.S. census
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