Boon 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 27
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 112
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 59
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 4
Devon 198
Dorset 43
Durham 8
Essex 23
Gloucestershire 45
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 4
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 44
Isle of Man 0
Kent 50
Lancashire 81
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 25
London 91
Middlesex 8
Northumberland 15
Norfolk 103
Northamptonshire 83
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 11
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 44
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 162
Somerset 118
Surrey 6
Sussex 38
Staffordshire 180
Warwickshire 9
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 19
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 44

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 15
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Boon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Boon family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 128
Female Servant 49
Male Servant 39
Labourer 36
Independent 35
Farmer 25
Tailor 13
Ag Labourer 10
Carpenter 8
Pauper 7
Butcher 7
Clerk 6
Cotton Weaver 6
Shoe Maker 6
Hinge Maker 6
Pottery Marbel Maker 6
Pottery Painter & Journeyman 6
Publican 5
Apprentice 5
Potter 5
Weaver 4
Painter 4
Widow 4
Collier 4
Flax Dresser 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Boon

Name Census Frequency
William Boon 1,339
John Boon 1,216
Mary Boon 1,115
Elizabeth Boon 820
James Boon 716
Sarah Boon 680
George Boon 636
Thomas Boon 597
Charles Boon 446
Ann Boon 432
Eliza Boon 355
Henry Boon 328
Jane Boon 318
Frederick Boon 293
Joseph Boon 290
Emma Boon 288
Alice Boon 266
Alfred Boon 260
Robert Boon 253
Edward Boon 252
Ellen Boon 251
Samuel Boon 241
Hannah Boon 235
Annie Boon 218
Arthur Boon 213

Boon Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bone 50% 35,360
2 Bean 50% 29,324
3 Boon 100% 19,944
4 Bain 50% 8,550
5 Bane 25% 3,623
6 Boone 80% 2,921
7 Baine 40% 1,789
8 Aubin 20% 1,603
9 Beane 40% 1,345
10 Bonn 75% 807
11 Bona 50% 745
12 Been 50% 656
13 Ben 50% 611
14 Bun 50% 483
15 Ban 50% 417
16 Bune 25% 389
17 Bene 25% 375
18 Bine 25% 280
19 Boan 75% 262
20 Bon 75% 193
21 Eabon 40% 183
22 Boune 60% 173
23 Abon 50% 158
24 Baun 50% 145
25 Boun 75% 138
26 Buen 50% 128
27 Bin 50% 115
28 Oben 25% 105
29 Bein 50% 101

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The surname Boon is the 3rd most popular variant of Bone.

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