# Bonner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bonner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 33,446 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,042 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,231 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (31,761 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bonner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 54% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bonner in the United States, North Macedonia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Brazil and Australia.

## People named Bonner

- Matt Bonner, American basketball player (born 1980)
- Jo Bonner, Alabama Republican politician
- DeWanna Bonner, American-Macedonian basketball player
- Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London, was an English bishop
- Priscilla Bonner, American actress (1899-1996)
- Anthony Bonner, American basketball player (born 1968)
- William Bonner, Brazilian newscaster and journalist (born 1963)
- John W. Bonner, American judge (1902–1970)
- Beth Bonner, American distance runner (1952–1998)
- Marjorie Bonner, American dancer, stage actress; music hall and musical theatre performer (1893-1979)
- Neville Bonner, Australian politician (1922-1999)
- Harry Spear, American actor (1921–2006)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Benner, Banner, Bonar, Boner, Bohner, Bunner, Boughner, Bonura, Boomer, Beamer, Bomar, Boehmer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.