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The bonaparte Surname

bonaparte Name Meaning and History

Italian: from a personal name composed of the elements bona (buona) ‘good’ + parte ‘solution’, ‘match’, a name bestowed as an expression of satisfaction at the child’s arrival. The name has also been adopted as a Jewish surname and by admirers of the Emperor Napoleon in North America and the Caribbean.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bonaparte Families in the US in 1840
Number of bonaparte families
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