How common is the surname Bonds?

13,620 people in the United States had the surname Bonds in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,669 Americans. It ranked 2,643rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bonds?

Barry Bonds, American baseball player (born 1964), followed by Margaret Bonds.

Where is the surname Bonds most common?

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

Is the surname Bonds getting more or less common?

More common. 12,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,620 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Bonds

A surname, carried by 13,620 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bonds is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,620 people named Bonds in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,669 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,763.

#2,643

rank among US surnames

13,620

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,600)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,634	Askew	13,683	22,564
#2,635	Storey	13,669	22,587
#2,637	Chastain	13,655	22,610
#2,638	Harp	13,646	22,625
#2,639	Manzo	13,635	22,644
#2,640	Sherrill	13,631	22,650
#2,641	Medley	13,630	22,652

Who is named Bonds

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

48% of people named Bonds identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 48%
White (not Hispanic) 46%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Bondss

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Barry Bonds
American baseball player (born 1964)
Margaret Bonds
American composer and pianist (1913–1972)
Bobby Bonds
American baseball player and coach (1946–2003)
Elliot Bonds
Association football player, born 2000
Julia Bonds
American environmental activist (1952-2011)

Notable Bondss come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bonds

Bonds has the Soundex code B532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B532.

Questions

How common is the surname Bonds?: 13,620 people in the United States had the surname Bonds in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,669 Americans. It ranked 2,643rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bonds?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Bonds identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bonds?: Barry Bonds, American baseball player (born 1964), followed by Margaret Bonds.
Where is the surname Bonds most common?: Wikidata records people named Bonds in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Bonds getting more or less common?: More common. 12,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,620 in 2010, up 6.7%.