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    The surname Bona

    A surname, carried by 1,709 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B500

    Bona: #16,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bona #16,734, 1,709 people Bona: #16,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bona #16,734, 1,709 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bona is more common than 89.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,709 people named Bona in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,659 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,670.

    #16,734
    rank among US surnames
    1,709
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #15,973)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,728Rivenbark1,710180,553
    #16,734Forbush1,709180,659
    #16,743Petti1,708180,764

    Who is named Bona

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    79% of people named Bona identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bona

    Bona has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bona?
    1,709 people in the United States had the surname Bona in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,659 Americans. It ranked 16,734th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bona?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Bona identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Bona getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,709 in 2010, up 2.3%.