Bonar Surname
Approximately 6,833 people bear this surname
Bonar Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the debonair'; bonair, civil, gentle, courteous; spelt also bonere; v. Kyng Alisaunder, 6732, &c. (Halliwell); compare Old French debonert, dtbonaire, i.e. de bon aire. Lower remarks that 'Bishop Bonner was an excellent IIIustration of Horace in Devon, with the local suffix -bean, so common in that district.
Read More About This SurnameBonar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,239 | 1:111,905 | 12,148 |
| Poland | 546 | 1:69,613 | 10,914 |
| Scotland | 449 | 1:11,924 | 1,606 |
| England | 416 | 1:133,938 | 13,173 |
| Indonesia | 384 | 1:344,399 | 29,877 |
| Canada | 351 | 1:104,973 | 11,323 |
| Ukraine | 321 | 1:141,815 | 19,869 |
| Ireland | 181 | 1:26,016 | 2,433 |
| Russia | 152 | 1:948,178 | 74,283 |
| Australia | 128 | 1:210,904 | 20,401 |
| Northern Ireland | 109 | 1:16,927 | 2,219 |
| Liberia | 98 | 1:44,985 | 4,075 |
| Wales | 58 | 1:53,354 | 4,894 |
| Romania | 50 | 1:401,557 | 32,991 |
| New Zealand | 47 | 1:96,347 | 13,070 |
| Germany | 41 | 1:1,963,548 | 108,338 |
| Transnistria | 38 | 1:12,492 | 2,466 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| Suriname | 32 | 1:17,269 | 4,028 |
| Peru | 20 | 1:1,589,206 | 22,980 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Moldova | 15 | 1:237,425 | 21,121 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Jamaica | 8 | 1:358,743 | 8,527 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 466 | 1:9,506 | 1,396 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 429 | 1:8,725 | 1,168 |
| England | 50 | 1:487,507 | 26,996 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 535 | 1:93,867 | 9,617 |
The alternate forms: Boñar (55) are calculated separately.
Bonar (4,678) may also be a first name.
Bonar Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the debonair'; bonair, civil, gentle, courteous; spelt also bonere; v. Kyng Alisaunder, 6732, &c. (Halliwell); compare Old French debonert, dtbonaire, i.e. de bon aire. Lower remarks that 'Bishop Bonner was an excellent IIIustration of Horace in Devon, with the local suffix -bean, so common in that district. The modern variants are somewhat curious to look at.
Usually described as a descriptive name, 'the gentle, courteous,' from Old French bonair. The name may have reflected the character of the first bearer or bearers but not that of Walter Bonar of 1527. Thomas Boner, charter witness in Aberdeen, 1281 (REA., II, p. 279). William Boner, constable of Kinghorn, 1328 (ER., I, p. 112). Rogar Bonere, burgess of Aberdeen, 1342 (REA., I, p. 71). The ship of John Bonere, a Scotsman, was wrecked at Holkham, 1388 (Bain, IV, 381). William Bonaie, citizen of St. Andrews, who had a charter of a third part of the lands of Balwely, 1451 (SCM., IV, p. 3), may be William Bonare (Bonere, or Bonour) who had safe conducts to travel in England, 1452—53 (Bain, IV, 1244, 1246, 1254). Ninian Bonnar of Kelty became man to William, earl of Montrose by a band of manrent, 1507 (HMC., 2. Rep. App., p. 168), and Walter Bonar of Kelty had remission for forethought felony and oppression, 1527 (Trials, I, p. 240). Bonar was the name of a Flemish gunner afterwards tenant of a royal farm in Fife (Sc. Ant., IV, p. 114). Charles and Thomas Banner or Bammer were herds in Buchtrig, 1684 (RPC.). In Burke's account of the family of Bonar it is stated that the surname was at one period so numerous in Scotland that no less than thirty-seven different lines of Bonars are to be found upon record, each styled by their territorial designation (Scot. Nat., III, p. 689). Bonarr 1456.
V. the commoner form Bonner.
A synonym of Crampsey and Kneafsey, q.v
A village of Sutherlandshire, and a feudal barony of which the family were possessed temp. William the Lion, ante 1200.
Old French, boner and French bonaire. Gracious, kind. Bishop Bonner was an excellent illustration of Horace Smith's dictum, that surnames "ever go by contraries."
Local: from Bonare in Perthshire. The family are descended from Sir William de Bonare, Baron of Bonare, temp. William the Lion.
Local. A town in Scotland; a chain of hills; hills for tillage; also, the hill of slaughter. Cornish British, Bonar, the house of slaughter.
(French.) From Bonheur, happiness, good—fortune, prosperity.
Bonner is an ancient name also represented in Herefordshire. As Boner and Bonere, it occurred in Oxfordshire and Hunts in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.).
User-submitted Reference
This surname is almost always associated with County Donegal in Ireland. It is an anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Cnáimhsi. The meaning in Irish is 'midwife', making the surname a rare example of a matronymic surname.
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Average Male Bonar Height
175.43 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bonar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonar (Arabic: بونار, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺎﺭ, Hindi: बोणर, Marathi: बोनार, Russian: Бонарь) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Boñar. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bonar is the 72,181st most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,066,522 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Bonar live; 47 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bonar is also the 100,202nd most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 4,678 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 3,239 people, or 1 in 111,905. In The United States Bonar is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Apart from The United States Bonar occurs in 56 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 8 percent are found and Scotland, where 7 percent are found.
Bonar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bonar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bonar surname rose 605 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 105 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it rose 832 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 61 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 527 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bonar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (88%) in Ireland, Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (82%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Bonar surname are 10.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.68% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bonar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 52.25% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,256 per year; in South Africa they earn 11.69% more than the national average, earning R 265,416 per year; in United States they earn 0.18% more than the national average, earning $43,227 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.15% more than the national average, earning $50,255 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bonar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bonar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﺎﺭ | bnar | - |
| Bonar in the Hindi language | ||
| बोणर | bonara | 50 |
| बोङर | bonara | 50 |
| Bonar in the Marathi language | ||
| बोनार | bonara | 50 |
| बोनर | bonara | 38.89 |
| बोणर | bonara | 11.11 |
| Bonar in the Russian language | ||
| Бонарь | bonar | - |
| Bonar in the Arabic language | ||
| بونار | bwnar | - |
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