Bona Surname
Approximately 38,863 people bear this surname
Bona Surname User-submission:
Bona is an Italian surname, meaning 'good'.
Bona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 5,229 | 1:11,696 | 1,828 |
| Philippines | 5,181 | 1:19,540 | 2,388 |
| Ethiopia | 4,024 | 1:24,241 | 3,065 |
| Brazil | 2,927 | 1:73,138 | 2,726 |
| United States | 2,239 | 1:161,884 | 16,475 |
| Indonesia | 1,910 | 1:69,240 | 7,463 |
| DR Congo | 1,690 | 1:43,716 | 5,321 |
| Egypt | 1,464 | 1:62,798 | 5,897 |
| Togo | 1,050 | 1:6,903 | 1,501 |
| Papua New Guinea | 923 | 1:8,834 | 687 |
| Spain | 871 | 1:53,676 | 4,978 |
| India | 852 | 1:900,311 | 39,099 |
| Poland | 820 | 1:46,352 | 7,310 |
| France | 795 | 1:83,551 | 11,860 |
| Romania | 726 | 1:27,655 | 3,535 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Cameroon | 626 | 1:33,177 | 4,476 |
| Argentina | 598 | 1:71,477 | 6,073 |
| Canada | 444 | 1:82,986 | 9,238 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Benin | 390 | 1:26,502 | 3,536 |
| Nigeria | 389 | 1:455,380 | 23,220 |
| South Africa | 301 | 1:179,992 | 19,765 |
| Thailand | 296 | 1:238,643 | 40,474 |
| Cambodia | 274 | 1:56,522 | 1,919 |
| Venezuela | 248 | 1:121,791 | 4,095 |
| England | 223 | 1:249,857 | 20,242 |
| Germany | 220 | 1:365,934 | 34,941 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Dominican Republic | 193 | 1:54,057 | 2,726 |
| Liberia | 165 | 1:26,718 | 2,589 |
| Congo | 159 | 1:31,378 | 3,157 |
| Slovakia | 158 | 1:33,775 | 6,114 |
| Switzerland | 135 | 1:60,836 | 7,569 |
| Australia | 126 | 1:214,252 | 20,680 |
| Pakistan | 121 | 1:1,476,396 | 16,157 |
| Tanzania | 110 | 1:481,287 | 32,644 |
| Colombia | 94 | 1:508,235 | 7,080 |
| Hungary | 93 | 1:105,551 | 10,142 |
| Uganda | 89 | 1:438,644 | 26,475 |
| Taiwan | 88 | 1:266,418 | 2,209 |
| Belgium | 82 | 1:140,203 | 20,001 |
| Chile | 62 | 1:284,137 | 8,321 |
| Iran | 60 | 1:1,279,709 | 53,896 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Solomon Islands | 50 | 1:11,601 | 2,083 |
| Rwanda | 49 | 1:231,938 | 1,267 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| Greece | 44 | 1:251,813 | 38,343 |
| Russia | 41 | 1:3,515,196 | 179,721 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Haiti | 28 | 1:381,568 | 10,602 |
| Namibia | 28 | 1:86,050 | 7,998 |
| Zambia | 28 | 1:566,069 | 23,715 |
| Uruguay | 27 | 1:127,102 | 11,684 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Turkey | 22 | 1:3,537,337 | 93,247 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 1:443,102 | 516 |
| Croatia | 15 | 1:281,907 | 28,677 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Serbia | 14 | 1:510,353 | 19,964 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Albania | 6 | 1:485,676 | 18,535 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 32 | 1:49,013 | 2,509 |
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 167 | 1:300,711 | 23,854 |
The alternate forms: Bóna (1,990), Boña (20), Böna (8) & Bonà (5) are calculated separately.
Bona (45,886) may also be a first name.
Bona Surname Meaning
Bona Demographics
Average Male Bona Height
175.42 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bona (Arabic: بعوني, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻥ, Hindi: बोना, Marathi: बोना, Oriya: େବାନା, Russian: Бона, Tibetan: བོ་ན་) is found most in Italy. It can also be found in the variant forms: Bóna, Boña, Böna or Bonà. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bona? popularity and diffusion
Bona is the 14,352nd most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 187,519 people. The surname Bona occurs predominantly in Africa, where 31 percent of Bona live; 20 percent live in Southeast Asia and 13 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 19,863rd most widespread first name on earth It is held by 45,886 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is held by 5,229 people, or 1 in 11,696. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Piedmont, where 35 percent are found, Lombardy, where 27 percent are found and Veneto, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Italy this last name is found in 127 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 13 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 10 percent are found.
Bona Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bona has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bona last name grew 1,341 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,062 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 66 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Bona surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
In The United States Bona are 3.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.67% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bona earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 7.34% more than the national average, earning €32,233 per year; in South Africa they earn 31.88% less than the national average, earning R 161,868 per year; in Colombia they earn 28.38% less than the national average, earning $16,259,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.08% more than the national average, earning $49,655 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.39% less than the national average, earning $46,011 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bona in the Tibetan language | ||
| བོ་ན་ | bona | - |
| Bona in the Hindi language | ||
| बोना | bona | 99.24 |
| बॊना | bona | 0.19 |
| बॉना | bona | 0.19 |
| वौना | vauna | 0.19 |
| बौना | bauna | 0.19 |
| Bona in the Marathi language | ||
| बोना | bona | 95.01 |
| बॉना | bona | 2.64 |
| बोणा | bona | 1.76 |
| बोण | bona | 0.59 |
| Bona in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻥ | bwn | 80 |
| ﺑﻮﻧﻪ | bwnh | 20 |
| Bona in the Oriya language | ||
| େବାନା | ebana | 50 |
| ବନା | bana | 42.86 |
| ବଣା | bana | 7.14 |
| Bona in the Russian language | ||
| Бона | bona | - |
| Bona in the Arabic language | ||
| بعوني | bwny | - |
| بونا | bwna | - |
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