How common is the surname Bonnell?

4,668 people in the United States had the surname Bonnell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,141 Americans. It ranked 7,165th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bonnell?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bonnell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bonnell?

Tammie Jo Shults, American pilot.

Where is the surname Bonnell most common?

Wikidata records people named Bonnell in the United States.

Is the surname Bonnell getting more or less common?

More common. 4,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,668 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Bonnell

A Catalan surname, carried by 4,668 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bonnell is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

Catalan origin

A surname from Catalan.

One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,668 people named Bonnell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,141 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,556.

#7,165

rank among US surnames

4,668

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,812)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,160	Nasser	4,673	66,070
#7,162	Marcial	4,670	66,113
#7,164	Arzola	4,669	66,127
#7,165	Rook	4,668	66,141
#7,167	Lomas	4,667	66,155
#7,171	Arneson	4,665	66,183

Who is named Bonnell

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

93% of people named Bonnell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bonnells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tammie Jo Shults
American pilot, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bonnell

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

Other Catalan surnames

All 39 Catalan surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bonnell come from?: Bonnell is Catalan in origin.
How common is the surname Bonnell?: 4,668 people in the United States had the surname Bonnell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,141 Americans. It ranked 7,165th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bonnell?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bonnell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bonnell?: Tammie Jo Shults, American pilot.
Where is the surname Bonnell most common?: Wikidata records people named Bonnell in the United States.
Is the surname Bonnell getting more or less common?: More common. 4,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,668 in 2010, up 2.5%.