# Bongard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bongard/  
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 | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 752 |
| US rank (2010) | 30,916 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 410,566 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (701 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from German Bongard, from Middle Low German bom (“tree”) + gard (“garden”). * A variant of the Dutch surname Boomgaard. * Borrowed from French Bongard, a nickname for a servant, from bon (“good”) + gars (“servant; lad”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bongard 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Similar surnames

Bongiorno, Baumgartner, Bunker, Bumgarner, Baumgardner, Bancroft, Banker, Bumgardner, Baumgart, Baumgarten, Bangert, Bangura.

## 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.