How common is the surname Bonsall?

1,277 people in the United States had the surname Bonsall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bonsall?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bonsall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Bonsall most common?

Wikidata records people named Bonsall in the United States.

Is the surname Bonsall getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Bonsall

A surname, carried by 1,277 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bonsall is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,277 people named Bonsall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,281.

#20,709

rank among US surnames

1,277

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,503)

Who is named Bonsall

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

96% of people named Bonsall identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bonsalls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brian Bonsall
American actor, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bonsall

Bansal

Bonsall has the Soundex code B524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B524.

Questions

How common is the surname Bonsall?: 1,277 people in the United States had the surname Bonsall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bonsall?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bonsall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bonsall?: Brian Bonsall, American actor.
Where is the surname Bonsall most common?: Wikidata records people named Bonsall in the United States.
Is the surname Bonsall getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, down 0.3%.