This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/223.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for your reply - much appreciated. I've also been told that the name BONNELL is of French origin and perhaps from BONNETT. Who knows?. My earliest BONNELL ancester in Carmarthenshire dates back to the final quarter of the 17th century. An 1881 survey of surnames showed that the greatest concentration of BONNELLS in the UK was in Carmarthenshire. Regards Richard