Bonas Surname
Approximately 2,408 people bear this surname
Bonas Surname User-submission:
It is a toponymic surname of Anglo-Saxon origin from Bowness, Cumberland on Solway Firth, near Annan, Scotland.
Bonas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 472 | 1:118,047 | 12,017 |
| United States | 384 | 1:943,903 | 70,502 |
| Romania | 186 | 1:107,946 | 12,145 |
| Germany | 183 | 1:439,921 | 39,335 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 155 | 1:8,800 | 1,261 |
| Brazil | 127 | 1:1,685,625 | 55,239 |
| Canada | 108 | 1:341,163 | 30,982 |
| France | 96 | 1:691,903 | 87,871 |
| Greece | 94 | 1:117,870 | 19,800 |
| Poland | 80 | 1:475,109 | 47,696 |
| Argentina | 77 | 1:555,109 | 40,132 |
| South Africa | 75 | 1:722,369 | 51,132 |
| Spain | 72 | 1:649,334 | 29,324 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Scotland | 38 | 1:140,890 | 8,524 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Italy | 28 | 1:2,184,167 | 91,195 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:193,408 | 12,484 |
| Barbados | 13 | 1:22,111 | 1,112 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Nicaragua | 10 | 1:602,109 | 3,988 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 136 | 1:179,231 | 14,852 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
The alternate forms: Bonaş (32), Bonàs (9), Bonás (7), Boñas (2), Bonaś (1), Bonaș (1) & Bónás (2) are calculated separately.
Bonas (695) may also be a first name.
Bonas Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It is a toponymic surname of Anglo-Saxon origin from Bowness, Cumberland on Solway Firth, near Annan, Scotland.
- dnafinder1Bonàs, with an open accent on the a, is a Catalan surname. It's the augmentative to bo (good).
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Bonas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bonas (Arabic: بونس, Bengali: বোনাস, Hindi: बोनस, Marathi: बोनस, Oriya: େବାନସ, Russian: Бонас) is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Bonaş, Bonàs, Bonás, Boñas, Bonaś, Bonaș or Bónás. Click here for further potential spellings of Bonas.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 177,588th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,026,390 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Bonas live; 22 percent live in Northern Europe and 22 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 313,557th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 695 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 472 people, or 1 in 118,047. In England Bonas is primarily found in: West Midlands, where 18 percent reside, North Yorkshire, where 12 percent reside and Worcestershire, where 8 percent reside. Aside from England this surname exists in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Romania, where 8 percent reside.
Bonas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bonas has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Bonas last name grew 347 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 817 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bonas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Bonas surname are 14.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.45% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bonas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.91% less than the national average, earning R 104,784 per year; in United States they earn 0.91% less than the national average, earning $42,755 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.69% less than the national average, earning $45,860 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bonas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bonas in the Bengali language | ||
| বোনাস | bonasa | - |
| Bonas in the Hindi language | ||
| बोनस | bonasa | - |
| Bonas in the Marathi language | ||
| बोनस | bonasa | 82.35 |
| बॉन | bona | 11.76 |
| बॉनस | bonasa | 5.88 |
| Bonas in the Oriya language | ||
| େବାନସ | ebanasa | 75 |
| େବାନଶ | ebanasa | 25 |
| Bonas in the Russian language | ||
| Бонас | bonas | - |
| Bonas in the Arabic language | ||
| بونس | bwns | - |
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