Bonney Surname
Approximately 28,420 people bear this surname
Bonney Surname Definition:
(French-Latin) the French Bonny = Good, Kind, Fair [fromFrench bon(ne, Latin bon-us]
Bonney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 17,387 | 1:1,554 | 252 |
| United States | 5,903 | 1:61,402 | 7,196 |
| England | 1,928 | 1:28,899 | 3,902 |
| Australia | 1,651 | 1:16,351 | 2,309 |
| Canada | 473 | 1:77,898 | 8,747 |
| Papua New Guinea | 168 | 1:48,534 | 6,056 |
| New Zealand | 121 | 1:37,424 | 6,365 |
| Northern Ireland | 96 | 1:19,219 | 2,384 |
| Ireland | 78 | 1:60,371 | 4,039 |
| South Africa | 74 | 1:732,131 | 51,520 |
| Liberia | 64 | 1:68,883 | 5,877 |
| Wales | 58 | 1:53,354 | 4,894 |
| India | 57 | 1:13,457,287 | 231,997 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Scotland | 38 | 1:140,890 | 8,524 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Jamaica | 21 | 1:136,664 | 4,886 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Nicaragua | 13 | 1:463,161 | 3,580 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 13 | 1:340,759 | 12,983 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 751 | 1:32,457 | 4,312 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,490 | 1:33,704 | 4,033 |
Bonney (1,858) may also be a first name.
Bonney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French-Latin) the French Bonny = Good, Kind, Fair [fromFrench bon(ne, Latin bon-us]
(English) The good, kind person.
(Scottish.) Genteel, fine, spruce. French, Bon, Bonne, good, handsome.
Gaufridus Bonie, Nicholas, and Richard Bonie occur in Normandy 1189-95, MRS; Agnes and Alicia Bonye in Oxfordshire, c. 1272, RH.
From the French, Bonne; a personal name.
Bonney: from Bony, near Peronne.
Bonney Demographics
Bonney Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Bonney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonney Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonney occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonney? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 19,339th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 256,423 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Bonney live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 176,700th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,858 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 17,387 people, or 1 in 1,554. Other than Ghana it occurs in 68 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.
Bonney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bonney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bonney last name increased 396 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 257 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 600 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 3,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bonney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Bonney last name is primarily Catholic (92%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Bonney last name are 5.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.6% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bonney earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.76% more than the national average, earning R 372,516 per year; in United States they earn 6.57% more than the national average, earning $45,982 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.4% more than the national average, earning $52,366 CAD per year.
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