# Bone (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bone/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,692 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,350 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,876 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.6% (10,753 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bone in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bone in the United States, Cornwall and Australia.

## People named Bone

- Jordan Bone, American basketball player (born 1997)
- Kelsey Bone, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Henry Bone, British artist (1755-1834)
- Edwina Bone, Australian hockey player

## Similar surnames

Boone, Bohn, Bane, Bono, Bonney, Boney, Boon, Bonn, Bonneau, Bown, Bona, Boan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.