Bonafons Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Bonafons Surname Definition:

BONAFONS: French bon enfant, "good child." A Huguenot family in Ireland.

Bonafons Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France291:2,290,439180,028
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Bonafons Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

BONAFONS: French bon enfant, "good child." A Huguenot family in Ireland.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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Bonafons Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bonafons Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bonafons occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bonafons.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonafons? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,602,217th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bonafons live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Bonafons is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 2,290,439. In France Bonafons is most numerous in: Normandy, where 62 percent live, Île-de-France, where 17 percent live and Brittany, where 10 percent live. Outside of France it exists in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Bonafonso944/
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Bonnaffons8968/
Bonefons8832/
Bonnefons82104/
Bonfins801/
Bonfansi751/
bin Affonso741/
Bonifansi719/
Bonefansi712/
Banafunsi712/
Bonavensa711/
Bonifonce711/
Bueno Afonso704/
Bueno Affonso673/
Bawonfinse671/
Bonfanscio671/
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