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The BOONE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 51,679 587 0.019 192
United States (1880 census) 5,721 1068 0.011 114
Change since 1880 +45958 +481 +0.008 +78
Other Countries
Australia 85 16345 0.001 5
United Kingdom 447 9612 0.001 10
Top States for BOONE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Carolina 5,064 200 0.063 629
Texas 4,006 667 0.019 192
Virginia 3,297 249 0.047 466
California 3,059 1127 0.009 90
Florida 2,869 735 0.018 180
Top States for BOONE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Carolina 5,064 200 0.063 629
Mississippi 1,393 313 0.049 490
Virginia 3,297 249 0.047 466
Kentucky 1,729 351 0.043 428
South Carolina 1,668 381 0.042 416

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BOONE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BOONE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BOONE in North Carolina than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BOONE by picking someone at random in North Carolina than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BOONE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BOONE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BOONE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BOONE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 863 1.67
White (Hispanic) 822 1.59
Native American/Alaskan 708 1.37
Asian/Pacific 222 0.43
White (Caucasian) 33,245 64.33
Black/African American 15,819 30.61

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BOONE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BOONE in historical publications

BOONE. Probably a corruption of BoJiun, as Moon is of Mohun. Boon is, however, an adjective referring to natural disposition ; gay, merrj. It is now only retained in the phrase " boon companion." Fr. hon compagnon.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to BOONE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BOONE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BOONE

The following words are slight variants of BOONE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.