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    The surname Bonham

    A surname, carried by 6,832 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B550

    Bonham: #5,123 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bonham #5,123, 6,832 people Bonham: #5,123 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bonham #5,123, 6,832 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bonham is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,832 people named Bonham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,191 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,533.

    #5,123
    rank among US surnames
    6,832
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,939)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,114Lamont6,84545,105
    #5,116Dalrymple6,84345,118
    #5,117Bice6,84145,132
    #5,118Philips6,84045,138
    #5,119Yarborough6,83945,145
    #5,121Pounds6,83845,151
    #5,122Flagg6,83445,178

    Who is named Bonham

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

    88% of people named Bonham identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bonhams

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ron Bonham
      American basketball player (1942-2016)
    • Tracy Bonham
      American musician, born 1967

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Boneham

    Surnames that sound like Bonham

    Bonham has the Soundex code B550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bonham?
    6,832 people in the United States had the surname Bonham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,191 Americans. It ranked 5,123rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bonham?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bonham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bonham?
    Ron Bonham, American basketball player (1942-2016), followed by Tracy Bonham.
    Where is the surname Bonham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bonham in the United States.
    Is the surname Bonham getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,832 in 2010, up 4.6%.
    What are other spellings of Bonham?
    Boneham.