Bonza
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Alternative spelling of bonzer
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/bonθa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bonza is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 120K(inferred from the name graph)
- COColombia≈1 in 127K
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 212K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 34 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 120K (inferred from the name graph)
≈910 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Alternative spelling of bonzer.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bonza 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈910 est. | ≈1 in 120K | — | Bonza | 13 |
| CO Colombia | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 127K | — | Bonza | 34 |
| VE Venezuela | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 212K | — | Bonza | 11 |
| AR Argentina | 95 | 1 in 479K | 95 | Bonza | 25 |
| US United States | ≈95 est. | ≈1 in 3.5M | listed | Bonza | 24 |
| IT Italy | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 673K | listed | Bonza | 16 |
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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; the xinhua-italian-manual register. 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)
Bonza is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In scn, cistern, tank (for water), reservoir
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Budistu priesteris un mūks (Japānā, Ķīnā)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Augstprātīga, iedomīga amatpersona
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Resns suns; resns bērns
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 95 | — |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Bonza mean, and where does it come from?
- Alternative spelling of bonzer. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Bonza?
- A machine transcription gives /bonθa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What are other forms of the name Bonza?
- In the etymology graph, Bonzer is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Bonza have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 910 people named Bonza in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bonza.
- How common is the name Bonza?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 95 people named Bonza, about 1 in 479 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bonzaThe 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, “Bonza”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.