How common is the surname Bonk?

2,726 people in the United States had the surname Bonk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,260 Americans. It ranked 11,537th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bonk?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bonk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bonk getting more or less common?

More common. 2,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,726 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Bonk

A Polish surname, carried by 2,726 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bonk is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Possibly from Polish Bonk.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,726 people named Bonk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,260 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,588.

#11,537

rank among US surnames

2,726

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,227)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,529	Easterday	2,728	113,177
#11,534	Haigh	2,727	113,218
#11,537	Ritenour	2,726	113,260
#11,540	Pardee	2,725	113,301
#11,543	Woodrow	2,723	113,384

Who is named Bonk

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

96% of people named Bonk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bonk

Bonk has the Soundex code B520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B520.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bonk come from?: Possibly from Polish Bonk.
How common is the surname Bonk?: 2,726 people in the United States had the surname Bonk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,260 Americans. It ranked 11,537th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bonk?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bonk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bonk getting more or less common?: More common. 2,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,726 in 2010, up 5.3%.