How common is the surname Bones?

2,197 people in the United States had the surname Bones in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,531 Americans. It ranked 13,771st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bones?

In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Bones identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bones getting more or less common?

More common. 1,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,197 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Bones

A surname, carried by 2,197 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bones is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,197 people named Bones in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,531 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,913.

#13,771

rank among US surnames

2,197

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+14.8%

change since 2000 (was #14,353)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,764	Bizzell	2,198	140,467
#13,771	Badgley	2,197	140,531
#13,775	Balke	2,196	140,595

Who is named Bones

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

48% of people named Bones identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 48%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bones

Bones has the Soundex code B520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B520.

Questions

How common is the surname Bones?: 2,197 people in the United States had the surname Bones in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,531 Americans. It ranked 13,771st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bones?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Bones identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bones getting more or less common?: More common. 1,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,197 in 2010, up 15%.