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 37
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 87
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 142
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 5
Devon 196
Dorset 50
Durham 13
Essex 39
Gloucestershire 54
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 19
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 85
Isle of Man 2
Kent 48
Lancashire 136
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 24
London 333
Middlesex 15
Northumberland 8
Norfolk 69
Northamptonshire 93
Nottinghamshire 9
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 85
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 162
Somerset 161
Surrey 11
Sussex 68
Staffordshire 194
Warwickshire 40
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 12
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 46

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Boon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Boon family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 368
Agricultural Labourer 116
Labourer 38
Domestic Servant 23
General Servant 22
Laundress 18
Dress Maker 16
Tailor 13
Farm Labourer 12
Coal Miner 12
Carpenter 11
Cotton Weaver 11
Farmer's Son 9
Gardener 9
House Keeper 9
Charwoman 8
Farmers Son 8
Annuitant 7
Farm Servant 7
Shoe Maker 7
Tailoress 7
Dressmaker 7
Glover 7
Groom 6
Mariner 6

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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