In Croatia, Bonetta families are predominantly Croats (from Opatija ), rarely Italians (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Bonetta live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Rijeka (<10), Kozljak in Labin area (<5), and in Opatija (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bonetta is present in 15 countries on four continents. "Bonnetta " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.