How common is the surname Bone?

10,692 people in the United States had the surname Bone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,876 Americans. It ranked 3,350th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bone?

Jordan Bone, American basketball player (born 1997), followed by Kelsey Bone.

Where is the surname Bone most common?

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

Is the surname Bone getting more or less common?

Less common. 10,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,692 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Bone

A surname, carried by 10,692 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bone is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,692 people named Bone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,876 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,753.

#3,350

rank among US surnames

10,692

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,088)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,341	Marr	10,724	28,790
#3,342	Drury	10,721	28,798
#3,343	Lennon	10,720	28,801
#3,344	March	10,719	28,804
#3,345	Horan	10,711	28,825
#3,346	Christenson	10,707	28,836
#3,347	Arana	10,698	28,860

Who is named Bone

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

84% of people named Bone identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bones

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1988

Notable Bones come mostly from the United States (2), Cornwall (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bone

Bone has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

Questions

How common is the surname Bone?: 10,692 people in the United States had the surname Bone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,876 Americans. It ranked 3,350th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bone?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Bone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bone?: Jordan Bone, American basketball player (born 1997), followed by Kelsey Bone.
Where is the surname Bone most common?: Wikidata records people named Bone in the United States, Cornwall and Australia.
Is the surname Bone getting more or less common?: Less common. 10,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,692 in 2010, down 0.6%.