The Bonsignore surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 902 people carried this name — #26,910 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 850 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bonsignore surname
From a variant of buon (“good”) + signore (“lord”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bonsignore» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 189 people named Bonsignore 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 85 people named Bonsignore.
Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 67 people named Bonsignore 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 Liège.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Bonsignore live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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
Bonsignore in American newspapers,
1875–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 44 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bonsignore,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ferdinando Bonsignore 1760–1843 · architect
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Gaetano Bonsignore 1800– · painter
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Antonio Bonsignore 1896–1936 · soldier
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Jaime J. Bonsignore 1928–2002 · writer
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Giovanni Bonsignore 1931–1990 · civil servant
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Giovanni Bonsignore 1931–1990 · civil servant
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bonsignore.
- Bonny 606 · U.S. census
- Bono 5,272 · U.S. census
- Bonomi 356 · U.S. census
- Bonomo 2,007 · U.S. census
- Bonora 290 · U.S. census
- Bons 213 · U.S. census
- Bonte 375 · U.S. census
- Bontempi 132 · U.S. census
- Bontemps 351 · U.S. census
- Bonus 577 · U.S. census
- Bonville 373 · U.S. census
- Bony 152 · U.S. census
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