# Bondi (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,941 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,178 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 159,065 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.1% (1,812 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɒn.daɪ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

"Bondi," originally "Boondi" is an Aboriginal word meaning "water breaking over rocks" or "noise of water breaking over rocks."

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bondi 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bondi in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bondi

- Pam Bondi, American attorney and politician (born 1965)
- Beulah Bondi, American actress (1888/1889–1981)
- Hermann Bondi, Austrian-British mathematician and cosmologist

## Similar surnames

Bond, Biondo, Biondi, Bondy, Bonetti, Bennett, Benoit, Banda, Bundy, Bandy, Banta, Bent.

## 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.