Bonison Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Bonison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bonison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India121:63,922,115578,870
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Bonison (55) may also be a first name.

Bonison Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bonison is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonison? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 64 percent of Bonison are found; 55 percent are found in South Asia and 55 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Bonison is also the 1,336,256th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 55 people.

It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India it is most frequent in: Manipur, where 67 percent reside, Karnataka, where 8 percent reside and Kerala, where 8 percent reside. Aside from India this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 18 percent reside and Brazil, where 9 percent reside.

Bonison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bonison has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bonison
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