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 54
Buckinghamshire 79
Berkshire 16
Cambridgeshire 90
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 185
Cornwall 23
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 29
Devon 208
Dorset 39
Durham 13
Essex 128
Gloucestershire 109
Hampshire 24
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 25
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 62
Isle of Man 0
Kent 77
Lancashire 266
Leicestershire 17
Lincolnshire 48
London 484
Middlesex 53
Northumberland 29
Norfolk 63
Northamptonshire 81
Nottinghamshire 20
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 62
Shropshire 13
Suffolk 161
Somerset 113
Surrey 32
Sussex 63
Staffordshire 361
Warwickshire 59
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 9
Worcestershire 14
Yorkshire 101

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 43
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Boon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Boon family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 44
Living On Own Means 39
Scholar 32
General Servant Domestic 29
Farmer 27
Agricultural Labourer 23
Dress Maker 22
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 18
Coal Miner Hewer 15
Carpenter 14
Domestic Servant 14
Cook Domestic 13
Charwoman 11
Laundress Wash 10
Cotton Weaver 9
Tailoress 8
Coal Hewer 8
Brickyard Labourer 8
Dressmaker 7
Grocer Assistant 7
House Keeper 7
Gardener Domestic 7
Game Keeper 7
School 7
Clerk 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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