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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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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bonaparte family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bonaparte Families in the US in 1920
Number of bonaparte families
 15-27
 6-14		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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