The Bonora surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 290 people carried this name — #67,943 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 15% from 252 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 528 people named Bonora 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 122 people named Bonora.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.
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
28 people named Bonora live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
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.
Who carried it
People named Bonora,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nella Maria Bonora 1904–1990 · actor -
Nella Maria Bonora 1904–1990 · actor
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Ferdinand Wilhelm Bonora 1775–1825 · composer
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Alfredo Bonora 1854–1932
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Siro Bonora 1858– · physician
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Siro Bonora 1858– · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonora.
- 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
- Bons 213 · U.S. census
- Bonsignore 902 · U.S. census
- Bonte 375 · U.S. census
- Bontempi 132 · U.S. census
- Bontemps 351 · U.S. census
- Bonus 577 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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