as a Last Name
- 7,241
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Bonham
Meaning & Origins
1. English: nickname from Old French bon homme (Latin bonus homo). This had two senses relevant to surname formation; partly it had the literal meaning ‘good man’, and partly it came to mean ‘peasant farmer’. 2. Americanized form of French Bonhomme.
| 4,885th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,241
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Bonham per capita
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