How common is the surname Bonar?

2,599 people in the United States had the surname Bonar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,794 Americans. It ranked 12,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bonar?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bonar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bonar getting more or less common?

More common. 2,323 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,599 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Bonar

A surname, carried by 2,599 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bonar is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,599 people named Bonar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,794 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,323.

#12,012

rank among US surnames

2,599

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+11.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,277)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,003	Ehlert	2,602	118,657
#12,005	Jaber	2,601	118,703
#12,009	Donlon	2,600	118,748
#12,012	Szeto	2,599	118,794
#12,017	Satchell	2,598	118,840

Who is named Bonar

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

90% of people named Bonar identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bonar

Bonar has the Soundex code B560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B560.

Questions

How common is the surname Bonar?: 2,599 people in the United States had the surname Bonar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,794 Americans. It ranked 12,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bonar?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bonar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bonar getting more or less common?: More common. 2,323 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,599 in 2010, up 12%.