How common is the surname Bonin?

4,034 people in the United States had the surname Bonin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,536 Americans. It ranked 8,226th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bonin?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bonin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bonin?

William Bonin, American serial killer (1947–1996), followed by Kaitlyn.

Where is the surname Bonin most common?

Wikidata records people named Bonin in the United States.

Is the surname Bonin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,034 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Bonin

A French surname, carried by 4,034 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bonin is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,034 people named Bonin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,536 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,937.

#8,226

rank among US surnames

4,034

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,782)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,220	Surber	4,037	76,479
#8,222	Fontanez	4,036	76,498
#8,225	Jahnke	4,035	76,517
#8,226	Bonin	4,034	76,536
#8,227	Canning	4,033	76,555
#8,228	Polito	4,032	76,574

Who is named Bonin

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

94% of people named Bonin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bonins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Bonin
American serial killer (1947–1996)
Kaitlyn
American bodybuilder, model, and professional wrestler, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bonin

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bonin come from?: Bonin is French in origin.
How common is the surname Bonin?: 4,034 people in the United States had the surname Bonin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,536 Americans. It ranked 8,226th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bonin?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bonin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bonin?: William Bonin, American serial killer (1947–1996), followed by Kaitlyn.
Where is the surname Bonin most common?: Wikidata records people named Bonin in the United States.
Is the surname Bonin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,034 in 2010, up 2.5%.