Bond Surname

4,046th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138,885 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Bond Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bond,' v. Bonder (Yonge, Glossary). 'There are several persons called Bonde in Domesday, one of whom is somewhat contradictorily called "liber homo"' (Lower). For meaning, v.

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Bond Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States70,7161:5,126578
England27,1161:2,055248
Australia11,8251:2,283302
Canada8,8541:4,161552
India2,5661:298,93416,850
New Zealand1,8061:2,507355
Bangladesh1,8021:88,4333,976
Nigeria1,6201:109,3477,299
Egypt1,5561:59,0855,599
South Africa1,4931:36,2884,643
Wales1,2471:2,482276
Scotland8421:6,3581,006
Saudi Arabia6761:45,6456,666
Netherlands5671:29,7834,912
Ghana5541:48,7745,381
Northern Ireland5361:3,442686
France5111:129,98619,844
Ireland4751:9,9141,306
Argentina3911:109,3189,238
Sweden2951:33,3792,717
Brazil2691:795,81528,876
Jamaica2541:11,2991,182
Morocco2391:144,25125,171
Thailand2201:321,08355,306
Mexico1531:811,28211,732
Cameroon1451:143,23515,918
Spain1251:374,01620,935
Germany1141:706,18853,880
Italy1141:536,46252,562
Iran1111:691,73436,512
Singapore1031:53,4732,131
Dominican Republic1001:104,3294,466
China931:14,702,382862
Portugal851:122,5685,627
Switzerland711:115,67511,889
Indonesia681:1,944,841122,869
Japan641:1,997,56727,803
Taiwan561:418,6563,233
Denmark541:104,5329,834
Papua New Guinea531:153,84421,244
Malaysia521:567,19727,732
Malta481:8,964551
Zimbabwe431:359,02933,752
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Cyprus401:22,1222,481
Liberia351:125,9589,506
Belgium331:348,38338,592
Guyana311:24,5882,860
Hong Kong301:244,5163,036
Guernsey291:2,222539
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Isle of Man281:3,065663
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Jersey271:3,674721
Venezuela261:1,161,69516,759
Philippines241:4,218,259160,165
Greece231:481,73061,288
Israel231:372,07130,321
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
United States Virgin Islands161:6,8981,043
Norway151:342,81932,589
Poland131:2,923,750116,258
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Hungary101:981,62846,877
Oman101:368,7975,193
Costa Rica91:531,1194,381
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Cayman Islands81:7,987922
Mauritius81:161,6778,227
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Vietnam81:11,580,7572,851
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Panama61:652,04310,051
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
Haiti51:2,136,78115,037
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Namibia51:481,88011,140
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Cambodia41:3,871,7869,580
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Gambia41:480,863548
Laos41:1,647,081888
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Nauru31:3,960383
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Cook Islands21:9,0901,387
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5441:8,1431,241
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England15,2121:1,602202
Wales4071:3,854267
Scotland2151:17,4101,843
Jersey201:2,594424
Guernsey101:3,266579
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,9281:3,364400

Bond (1,848) may also be a first name.

Bond Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bond,' v. Bonder (Yonge, Glossary). 'There are several persons called Bonde in Domesday, one of whom is somewhat contradictorily called "liber homo"' (Lower). For meaning, v. (a) below.

Bonde Brit, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

'Richard Aghton v. Roger Bondesson and John Stelle,' 1352: Croston's edit, of Baines' Lancashire.

(a) Occup. 'the bond, 'a householder, a husbandman, a boor, one under the tenure styled bondage.

Emma le Bonde, Huntingdonshire, 1271. Hundred Rolls.

Robert le Bonde, Worcestershire, ibid.

Walter le Bond, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Robert le Bonde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

John le Bonnde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-Scand.) Husbandman, House-holder, Peasant (in a servile condition), Bondsman [Middle English bonde, bonds­man; Old English Bónda, householder; Old Norse bó ndi, husbandman] Ivo le Bonde.—Hundred Rolls In Anglo-Saxon times the bond was a householder, a freeman, and Bonda was a pers. name; later, the bond degenerated into a mere peasant-serf.

Sith that thurgh synne ther he was tree, now is he maked bonde,— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, I 149.

The feend, that yow wolde make thral and bonde.—idem, D 1660.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Serf” in Old English. Compare “Freeman”.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English, Icelandic) A householder or a tiller of the soil; a peasant proprietor.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Anglo-Saxon bonda, a householder, proprietor, husbandman. Latinized Paterfamilias, according to Mag. Brit. i. 61, "and rightly enough as it should seem, because much in the same sense in composition we use husbond or husband." Le Bond. H.R. There are several persons called Bonde in Domesd., one of whom is somewhat contradictorily called "liber homo."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The father of a family, "Pater familias," whence husband, that is, home—bond. Bonde, in Danish, is a peasant, countryman, also a villager.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

From the Old Norse, Bondi; from the Danish, Bond; from the Swedish, Bonde; from the Flemish, Bondue; in the Domesday Book, Bonde, Bondi, Bundi; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Bonds are now represented in the Yarmouth district. This is also an old Norwich and Walsingham name (Bl.). In the 13th century it occurred as Bond and Le Bonde in Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, etc. (H. R.). Besides Norfolk and Suffolk, where the name has been established for some 600 years at least, Devon, Somerset, and Lancashire are now important homes of the name.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

The Bonds have their principal homes in the west of England in Devon and Somerset, and in the east of England in Norfolk and Suffolk; they are also established in Lancashire and Staffordshire. Six centuries ago the name was still to be found in numbers in Norfolk and Suffolk, as well as in the neighbouring counties of Lincoln, Hunts, and Cambridge, and also in Oxfordshire, in the forms of Bond and Bonde, often preceded by "Le" (H. R.). The Bonds of Somerset are numerous in the Taunton district.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Bond Last Name Facts

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

Bond (Arabic: سندا, Hindi: बोंड, Marathi: बोन्ड) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bond? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,046th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 52,472 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Bond live; 56 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bond is also the 177,390th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 1,848 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 70,716 people, or 1 in 5,126. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 8 percent reside, California, where 7 percent reside and Georgia, where 5 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name is found in 154 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Bond Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bond has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bond surname expanded 474 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 178 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 306 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 392 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 13 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bond Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Anglican (52%) in Ireland, Orthodox (73%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Bond last name are 9.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.21% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bond earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.43% more than the national average, earning 396,011 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 56.6% more than the national average, earning R 372,132 per year; in United States they earn 0.52% less than the national average, earning $42,925 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.81% less than the national average, earning $48,782 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bonds8917,631/
Bound892,014/
Bhond89659/
Bondt89303/
Bondø89133/
Bondì89114/
Boond8946/
Bondz8912/
Bonnd896/
Boynd895/
Buond895/
Bondh894/
Bondd893/
Boind893/
Bohnd891/
Hbond890/
Bon8651,164/
Bounds8012,636/
Bondch8022/
Bhound808/
D'Bond803/
Boundh803/
Boondh803/
Bondds801/
Boynds801/
Boonds801/
Boinds801/
Bondts801/
Buondì801/
Bosend801/
Bonnds800/
Boendt800/
Bone7554,213/
Boon7539,897/
Bong7539,771/
Bohn7539,488/
Band7518,181/
Bonn757,423/
Boin754,706/
Buon754,392/
Bund752,475/
Bont751,748/
Boun751,301/
Wond75292/
Boyn75250/
Botn75194/
Bhon75110/
Vond7595/
Bonh7589/
Bosn7554/
Bomd7513/
Bonì758/
Bonţ753/
Bomn752/
Bonø752/
Bonț752/
Bojn751/
Bonï751/
Bànd751/
Uond751/
Bondova7372/
Bondová7320/
Bondowa734/
Bonehed731/
Bossend730/
Boone6786,405/
Bhand6713,897/
Bonte6713,336/
Bonne6710,350/
Bhong678,179/
Bohun674,916/
Boyne674,872/
Botin674,688/
Boune674,026/
Bhone672,322/
Boing672,242/
Bosin671,924/
Bogne671,706/
Bandh671,692/
Bandt671,343/
Buong671,164/
Bosen67993/
Boncz67948/
Boine67755/
Bundt67718/
Bundz67586/
Bands67558/
Bhund67487/
Boten67394/
Boong67350/
Bomne67342/
Bohyn67204/
Bhont67170/
Bandp67170/
Bhoin67144/
Baand67133/
Botyn67130/
Bosne67114/
Boung67105/
Botne6774/
Bohnn6771/
Bhoun6755/
Bonth6752/
Bonts6750/
Bhoon6749/
Bunds6749/
Bongy6748/
Bonnì6743/
Bount6735/
Bocin6732/
Boont6731/
Bundh6728/
Bhonn6727/
Boyng6726/
Wound6724/
Buind6722/
Boonc6722/
Boonn6720/
Boint6719/
Botín6718/
Bongh6718/
Boynt6717/
Baund6714/
Boinh6710/
Bonqu6710/
Buone679/
Bonhs679/
Mpond679/
Woond678/
Wondh678/
Vonds678/
Bandd678/
Bosyn678/
Wondd677/
Bothn677/
Wondp676/
Bonhe676/
Buont674/
Bonng674/
Wonds674/
Bannd674/
Bocen674/
Boent674/
Booysend674/
Bhuon674/
Vuond673/
Bomds673/
Bahnd673/
Bouhn673/
Boonh673/
Bunnd672/
Bandz672/
Bonnt672/
Bounh672/
Boëne672/
Bontt672/
Hbuon672/
Bongc672/
Bounn671/
Bonhz671/
Boutn671/
Boyhn671/
Boynk671/
Bootn671/
Bhondowa671/
Bohhn671/
Bohnt671/
Boihn671/
Wojnd671/
Bottn671/
Bgoon671/
Bhojn671/
Boisn671/
Boohn671/
Bonzs671/
Bonțe671/
Boindowa671/
Bosön671/
Boumn671/
Boñne671/
Bgand671/
Hboon671/
Botng671/
Bomdt671/
Vondd671/
Boynh671/
Vound670/
Wondt670/
Buonn670/
Buntd670/
Vondt670/
Bouchend670/
Boosn670/
Beund670/
Bohnk670/
Boysn670/

Bond Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bond in the Marathi language
बोन्डbonda85.71
बोडboda14.29
Bond in the Hindi language
बोंडbonda80
बोन्डbonda20
Bond in the Arabic language
سنداsnda-
بسندbsnd-

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