How common is the surname Boney?

3,789 people in the United States had the surname Boney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,485 Americans. It ranked 8,673rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Boney?

Dexter Boney, American basketball player (born 1970).

Where is the surname Boney most common?

Wikidata records people named Boney in the United States.

Is the surname Boney getting more or less common?

More common. 3,630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,789 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Boney

A surname, carried by 3,789 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boney is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,789 people named Boney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,485 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,630.

#8,673

rank among US surnames

3,789

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,371)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,665	Bos	3,792	81,420
#8,668	Merkle	3,791	81,442
#8,669	McKim	3,790	81,463
#8,673	Boney	3,789	81,485
#8,676	McGaha	3,787	81,528
#8,679	Prine	3,786	81,549

Who is named Boney

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

55% of people named Boney identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 37%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boneys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dexter Boney
American basketball player (born 1970)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boney

Boney 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 Boney?: 3,789 people in the United States had the surname Boney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,485 Americans. It ranked 8,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boney?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Boney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Boney?: Dexter Boney, American basketball player (born 1970).
Where is the surname Boney most common?: Wikidata records people named Boney in the United States.
Is the surname Boney getting more or less common?: More common. 3,630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,789 in 2010, up 4.4%.