The Buono surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,962 people carried this name — #10,769 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 100,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,893 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,064 people named Buono 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 365 people named Buono.
Most of them — 227 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 87 people named Buono 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
64 people named Buono live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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
Buono in American newspapers,
1864–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,504 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Buono,
with a public archive behind them.
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Angelo Buono 1934–2002 · serial killer -
Silvestro de Buoni 1450–1484 · painter
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Giuseppe Buono 1670–1721 · sculptor
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Michelangelo Buono 1769– · Catholic priest
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Michele Buono 1856– · librettist
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Eugenio Buono 1863–1954 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buono.
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