Bonaparte Family History
Bonaparte Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Bonaparte Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bonaparte families
 15 - 27  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bonaparte families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bonaparte Family Origin
Bonaparte Immigration Information
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Bonaparte Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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