The Bonnin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 541 people carried this name — #40,432 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 14% from 474 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bonnin surname
Borrowed from Catalan and French Bonnin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bonnin» (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 6,807 people named Bonnin.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Vendée.
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 1,091 people named Bonnin 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Bonnin live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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
Bonnin in American newspapers,
1893–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,298 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bonnin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Armand-Louis Bonnin de Chalucet 1641–1712 · Catholic priest -
Anne Marie Milan Desguillons 1753–1829 · stage actor -
Charles Bonnin de La Bonninière de Beaumont 1768–1836 · politician -
Charles-Jean Baptiste Bonnin 1772–1846 · jurist -
James Bonnin 1782–1850 -
Mary Bonnin d. 2026 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonnin.
- 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
- Bonnier 159 · 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
- Bonomo 2,007 · U.S. census
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