Last Name BONAR

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Meaning	Local: from Bonare in Perthshire. The family are descended from Sir William de Bonare, Baron of Bonare. Local: A town in Scotland; a chain of hills; hills for tillage; also, the hill of slaughter. Cornish British, 'Bonar,' the house of slaughter.

Origin	Scottish, Polish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	12,277 (2000 US census)	10,388 (1990 US census)

Count	2,323 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.84%, or 2180 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.72%, or 40 total occurrences, as black,
0.69%, or 16 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.26%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.33%, or 31 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.15%, or 50 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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