Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
BONAR
There are approximately 1,176 people named Bonar in the UK. That makes it the 6,486th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 19 are named Bonar.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Related and similar surnames
BonnerBonnar
Boner
Bognar
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Bona
Bohna
Banar
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Boaner
Boanire
Boahner
Bognarz
Bohnner
Bognor
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Bognir
Bohneer
Boagner
Bonaer
Boinar
Bohnau
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The Bonar surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Local) A town in Scotland; a chain of hills; hills for tillage; also, the hill of slaughter. Cornish British, Bonar, the house of slaughter.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
BONAR. A village of Sutherlandshire, and a feudal barony of which the family were possessed temp. William the Lion, ante 1200.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.