Bonomo
surname · Latin script
Meaning: of Bonham i . 2. occupational name for various elected officials, for example in i2th-cent
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈbɑnəmoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bonomo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 166K(measured from records)
- ITItaly≈1 in 15K
- ARArgentina1 in 35K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 259 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,100 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
of Bonham i . 2. occupational name for various elected officials, for example in i2th-cent. Florence, who bore this title. Dims.: Bonomelli, Bonometti, Bonomini, Bonomolo. Aug.: Bonomone.
Sources 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bonomo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 15K | listed | Bonomo | 52 |
| US United States | 2,007 | 1 in 166K | 2K | Bonomo | 259 |
| BR Brazil | 1,626 | 1 in 130K | 1.6K | — | 2 |
| AR Argentina | 1,309 | 1 in 35K | 1.3K | — | 1 |
| FR France | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 120K | 79 | — | 2 |
| CH Switzerland | 108 | 1 in 78K | 108 | Bonomo | 10 |
| UY Uruguay | 68 | 1 in 50K | 68 | — | — |
| JM Jamaica | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Bonomo | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Bonomo is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
shem tov > bom nome; shem tov > good name; España, São Paulo, Maceió, Rio de Janeiro, Smyrna, Buenos Aires
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
In Italian, composto de bon e omo; bom homem
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pietro Bonomob. 1458ITRoman Catholic archbishop (1458-1546)
- Joe Bonomob. 1901USAmerican bodybuilder and actor (1901-1978)
- Mario Bonomob. 1912ITItalian ski jumper (1912–1983)
- Giuseppe Bonomob. 1923ITItalian anthropologist (1923-2006)
- Daniele Bonomob. 1976ITItalian comics artist
- Andrea Bonomob. 1978ITItalian singer and composer
- Francesca Bonomob. 1984ITItalian politician
- Justin Bonomob. 1985USAmerican poker player
- Can Bonomob. 1987TRTurkish singer (born 1987)
- Stefano Bonomob. 1993USAmerican soccer player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2K | #14,787 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.9K | #14,498 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.8K | #15,568 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.6K | #5,908 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 1.3K | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 108 | #10,382 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 94 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 79 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 73 | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 68 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 61 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 38 | — |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Bonomo come from?
- of Bonham i . 2. occupational name for various elected officials, for example in i2th-cent. Florence, who bore this title. Dims.: Bonomelli, Bonometti, Bonomini, Bonomolo. Aug.: Bonomone. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- How do you pronounce Bonomo?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɑnəmoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Bonomo mean?
- Recorded meaning: of Bonham i . 2. occupational name for various elected officials, for example in i2th-cent.
- In which country does Bonomo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.1 thousand people named Bonomo in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bonomo.
- How common is the name Bonomo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,007 people named Bonomo in 2010, about 1 in 166 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bonomoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bonomo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.