The Bonnier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 159 people carried this name — #110,825 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 149 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,584 people named Bonnier.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often Nord.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 80 people named Bonnier 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
206 people named Bonnier 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).
Who carried it
People named Bonnier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Bonnier de la Mosson 1702–1744 · aristocrat -
Ange-Élisabeth-Louis-Antoine Bonnier 1750–1799 · diplomat -
Gerhard Bonnier 1778–1862 · printer -
Adolf Bonnier 1806–1867 · bookseller -
Albert Bonnier 1820–1900 · publisher -
Anne Melon 1685–1727 · art collector
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonnier.
- 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
- Bonnin 541 · U.S. census
- Bonno 301 · U.S. census
- Bonnot 272 · U.S. census
- Bonny 606 · U.S. census
- Bono 5,272 · U.S. census
- Bonomi 356 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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