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    The surname Bonilla

    A Spanish surname, carried by 51,475 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B540

    Bonilla: #664 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Bonilla #664, 51,475 people Bonilla: #664 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Bonilla #664, 51,475 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bonilla is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Bonilla.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 51,475 people named Bonilla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,998 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 34,824.

    #664
    rank among US surnames
    51,475
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +47.8%
    change since 2000 (was #908)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #655Horn52,1385,922
    #656Barron52,0705,929
    #657Phelps52,0445,932
    #658Yu52,0355,933
    #659Dickerson51,8895,950
    #660Heath51,8775,951
    #661Foley51,8655,953

    Who is named Bonilla

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

    93% of people named Bonilla identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Bonillas

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Henry Bonilla
      American politician, born 1954
    • E.J. Bonilla
      American actor, born 1988
    • Bobby Bonilla
      American baseball player, born 1963
    • Marc Bonilla
      American guitarist, born 1955

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bonilla

    Bonilla has the Soundex code B540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B540.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bonilla come from?
    From Spanish Bonilla.
    How common is the surname Bonilla?
    51,475 people in the United States had the surname Bonilla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,998 Americans. It ranked 664th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bonilla?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bonilla identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bonilla?
    Henry Bonilla, American politician, followed by E.J. Bonilla.
    Where is the surname Bonilla most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bonilla in the United States.
    Is the surname Bonilla getting more or less common?
    More common. 34,824 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 51,475 in 2010, up 48%.