How common is the surname Bonner?

33,446 people in the United States had the surname Bonner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,231 Americans. It ranked 1,042nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bonner?

Matt Bonner, American basketball player (born 1980), followed by Jo Bonner.

Where is the surname Bonner most common?

Wikidata records people named Bonner in the United States, North Macedonia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Bonner getting more or less common?

More common. 31,761 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,446 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Bonner

A surname, carried by 33,446 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bonner is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 33,446 people named Bonner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,231 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,761.

#1,042

rank among US surnames

33,446

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,005)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,033	Mooney	33,555	9,201
#1,034	John	33,543	9,204
#1,035	Rosa	33,521	9,211
#1,036	Riddle	33,507	9,214
#1,037	Key	33,501	9,216
#1,038	Cho	33,490	9,219
#1,039	Kaiser	33,480	9,222

Who is named Bonner

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

54% of people named Bonner identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bonners

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matt Bonner
American basketball player (born 1980)
Jo Bonner
Alabama Republican politician, born 1959
DeWanna Bonner
American-Macedonian basketball player, born 1987
Edmund Bonner
Bishop of London, was an English bishop, 1500–1569
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)

Notable Bonners come mostly from the United States (9), North Macedonia (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bonner

Bonner has the Soundex code B560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B560.

Questions

How common is the surname Bonner?: 33,446 people in the United States had the surname Bonner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,231 Americans. It ranked 1,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bonner?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Bonner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bonner?: Matt Bonner, American basketball player (born 1980), followed by Jo Bonner.
Where is the surname Bonner most common?: Wikidata records people named Bonner in the United States, North Macedonia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Bonner getting more or less common?: More common. 31,761 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,446 in 2010, up 5.3%.