Bones Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 5
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 12
Devon 10
Dorset 1
Durham 109
Essex 314
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 20
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 114
Lancashire 84
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 65
London 143
Middlesex 25
Northumberland 28
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 8
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 11
Somerset 1
Surrey 16
Sussex 71
Staffordshire 20
Warwickshire 31
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 6
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 64

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bones Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bones family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 30
Agricultural Labourer 17
General Servant Domestic 15
Cook Domestic 14
Domestic Servant 10
Scholar 10
Horseman On Farm 9
Dress Maker 8
Living On Own Means 7
Coal Miner Hewer 7
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 7
Tailoress 5
Farmer 5
Housemaid Domestic 4
Labourer On Farm 4
Milliner 4
Bricklayer 3
Bricklayer's Labourer 3
General Domestic 3
Labourer 3
Police Constable 3
Cotton Weaver 3
Bricklayer Labourer 3
Laundress Wash 3
Engine Fitter 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Bones

Name Census Frequency
William Bones 588
Mary Bones 571
John Bones 441
Elizabeth Bones 318
Thomas Bones 297
George Bones 296
Sarah Bones 283
James Bones 274
Ann Bones 162
Henry Bones 160
Jane Bones 155
Robert Bones 141
Eliza Bones 137
Alice Bones 136
Alfred Bones 126
Charles Bones 121
Edward Bones 115
Joseph Bones 112
Margaret Bones 108
Ellen Bones 103
Emma Bones 98
Frederick Bones 98
Samuel Bones 97
Arthur Bones 94
Emily Bones 93

Bones Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Baines 67% 38,067
2 Bones 100% 8,224
3 Bains 40% 6,087
4 Bowness 71% 4,419
5 Banes 80% 4,104
6 Bines 80% 2,578
7 Beans 40% 1,734
8 Bownes 83% 1,602
9 Bonas 80% 1,450
10 Boness 83% 1,380
11 Bonus 80% 821
12 Beanes 67% 820
13 Bons 80% 470
14 Bins 60% 323
15 Bans 60% 310
16 Boanas 67% 252
17 Bens 60% 227
18 Bonnes 83% 204
19 Buns 60% 146
20 Bouns 60% 130
21 Banies 67% 126
22 Banas 60% 122
23 Bunes 80% 111

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The surname Bones is the 2nd most popular variant of Baines.

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