# Bonaparte (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bonaparte/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Corsican surname, most notably borne by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,274 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,397 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 135,772 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (2,065 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Italian buona (“good”) and parte (“part, share, portion”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bonaparte in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 66% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 14% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bonaparte in France, Argentina and the United States.

## People named Bonaparte

- Lucien Bonaparte, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano (1775–1840)
- José Bonaparte, Argentine paleontologist (1928–2020)
- Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American lawyer (1851–1921)
- Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II, American-born soldier of French descent (1830-1893)

## Similar surnames

Benford, Bainbridge, Binford, Bamford, Bombard, Bomberger, Bembry, Bamberger, Bumpers, Bamberg, Bonebrake.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.