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The surname Bondi

A surname, carried by 1,941 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɒn.daɪ/ 2 syllables Soundex B530

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bondi is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,941 people named Bondi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,065 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,812.

#15,178
rank among US surnames
1,941
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+7.1%
change since 2000 (was #14,966)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,171Ferman1,942158,983
#15,178Llanas1,941159,065
#15,183Stiver1,940159,147

Who is named Bondi

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

92% of people named Bondi identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bondis

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Pam Bondi
    American attorney and politician (born 1965)
  • Beulah Bondi
    American actress (1888/1889–1981)
  • Hermann Bondi
    Austrian-British mathematician and cosmologist, 1919–2005

Notable Bondis come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bondi

Bondi has the Soundex code B530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B530.

Questions

Where does the surname Bondi come from?
"Bondi," originally "Boondi" is an Aboriginal word meaning "water breaking over rocks" or "noise of water breaking over rocks."
How common is the surname Bondi?
1,941 people in the United States had the surname Bondi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,065 Americans. It ranked 15,178th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bondi?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bondi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bondi?
Pam Bondi, American attorney and politician (born 1965), followed by Beulah Bondi.
Where is the surname Bondi most common?
Wikidata records people named Bondi in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Bondi?
Bondi is /ˈbɒn.daɪ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Bondi getting more or less common?
More common. 1,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,941 in 2010, up 7.1%.