How common is the surname Boon?

2,279 people in the United States had the surname Boon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,474 Americans. It ranked 13,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boon?

In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Boon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Boon?

Louis Paul Boon, Belgian writer (1912–1979), followed by Ed Boon.

Where is the surname Boon most common?

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

Is the surname Boon getting more or less common?

More common. 2,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,279 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Boon

A surname, carried by 2,279 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). Boon is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,279 people named Boon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,474 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,092.

#13,370

rank among US surnames

2,279

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,359)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,368	Isler	2,280	135,415
#13,370	Hatmaker	2,279	135,474
#13,375	Picone	2,278	135,534
#13,376	Ferland	2,277	135,593

Who is named Boon

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

80% of people named Boon identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Asian and Pacific Islander 8.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boons

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Louis Paul Boon
Belgian writer (1912–1979)
Ed Boon
American videogame producer, born 1964
Tom Boon
Belgian field hockey player, born 1990
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, born 1987

Notable Boons come mostly from Belgium (3), the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boon

Boon 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 Boon?: 2,279 people in the United States had the surname Boon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,474 Americans. It ranked 13,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boon?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Boon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Boon?: Louis Paul Boon, Belgian writer (1912–1979), followed by Ed Boon.
Where is the surname Boon most common?: Wikidata records people named Boon in Belgium, the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Boon getting more or less common?: More common. 2,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,279 in 2010, up 8.9%.