Surname Spotlight: Buonanno

Long before computers fixed spellings, Buonanno and Bonanno were used side by side. Its meaning, shared with Bonanno, is “Good year”.

How the spelling arose

Records show Buonanno as one of the forms Bonanno took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Bonanni.

In the records

The 2010 census count for Buonanno in the United States was 531, good for rank 41,038.

Buonanno coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Buonanno, so the heraldry linked to Bonanno is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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