# Boon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/boon/  
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) | 2,279 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,370 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 135,474 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.9% (2,092 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boon 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 8.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Boon in Belgium, the United States and Australia.

## People named Boon

- Louis Paul Boon, Belgian writer (1912–1979)
- Ed Boon, American videogame producer
- Tom Boon, Belgian field hockey player
- David Boon, Australian cricketer (born 1960)
- D. Boon, American guitarist and singer (1958–1985)
- Ratliff Boon, American politician (1781-1844)
- Jill Boon, Belgian field hockey player

## Similar surnames

Boone, Bone, Bohn, Bono, Boney, Bonn, Bown, Bona, Boan, Boni, Bohne, Boen.

## 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.