Bonaparte Surname

70,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,043 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Bonaparte Surname Definition:

(Italian), anciently di Buonaparte, Good birth, party, or faction; or Good parts of character, body, or land. (variant: dei Buonaguidi.)

Bonaparte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8041:129,26513,642
Ghana8311:32,5163,831
Mexico5091:243,8636,067
Brazil4261:502,52218,942
South Africa3521:153,91417,385
Indonesia2501:528,99742,886
Argentina2321:184,23915,398
Dominican Republic2311:45,1642,375
Trinidad and Tobago2161:6,315965
Italy1701:359,74542,181
Canada1651:223,30721,472
Portugal1131:92,1974,545
Grenada901:1,206228
São Tomé and Príncipe791:2,246256
England781:714,33440,171
Netherlands631:268,05033,531
Romania471:427,18934,091
Saint Lucia471:3,804552
Honduras311:284,4012,626
France281:2,372,240182,981
Philippines271:3,749,564153,425
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Qatar161:147,37516,023
India141:54,790,384527,769
Puerto Rico131:273,0882,549
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Guyana101:76,2225,818
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Denmark71:806,38843,211
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Nicaragua41:1,505,2725,843
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
China31:455,773,85521,925
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1671:300,71123,854

Bonaparte (525) may also be a first name.

Bonaparte Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian), anciently di Buonaparte, Good birth, party, or faction; or Good parts of character, body, or land. (variant: dei Buonaguidi.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Bonaparte Last Name Facts

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

Bonaparte (Marathi: बोनापट) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonaparte? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bonaparte is the 70,216th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,034,722 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Bonaparte live; 43 percent live in North America and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bonaparte is also the 368,302nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 525 people.

Bonaparte is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 2,804 people, or 1 in 129,265. In The United States Bonaparte is most common in: South Carolina, where 11 percent reside, Maryland, where 9 percent reside and Georgia, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in 77 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 12 percent reside and Mexico, where 7 percent reside.

Bonaparte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bonaparte has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,679 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 7,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bonaparte Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Bonaparte are 10.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.14% registered with the party.

The amount Bonaparte earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 24.96% less than the national average, earning €22,534 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.97% less than the national average, earning R 118,884 per year; in United States they earn 9.34% less than the national average, earning $39,119 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.24% less than the national average, earning $41,612 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bonaparte Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bonaparte in the Marathi language
बोनापटbonapata66.67
बोनापरतेbonaparate33.33

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