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Bonis Surname Meaning

Hungarian (Bónis): from a pet form of the old personal name Bonifác (see Boniface). French (Aquitaine): derivative of the Latin personal name Bonicius itself derived from Bonus ‘good’ (see Bon).

Italian (Piedmont): patronymic from the personal name Bono. It is formed with the Latin ablative plural suffix -is imparting the broader sense ‘belonging to of’ in this case ‘member of the Boni family’ (compare Boni).

Compare also De Bonis. Jewish: variant of Bones.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Bonis families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bonis family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1851 and 1920. The most Bonis families were found in USA in 1920. In 1911 there were 12 Bonis families living in Ontario. This was about 46% of all the recorded Bonis's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Bonis families in 1911.

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Between 1958 and 2004, in the United States, Bonis life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1959, and highest in 1975. The average life expectancy for Bonis in 1958 was 63, and 64 in 2004.

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