# Boone (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/boone/  
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) | 53,792 |
| US rank (2010) | 632 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,740 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (51,679 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bun/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Boon |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boone 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) | 62% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Boone in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Boone

- Pat Boone, American singer (born 1934)
- Daniel Boone, American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
- Megan Boone, American actress
- Benson Boone, American singer
- Mark Boone Junior, American actor (born 1955)
- Debby Boone, American singer (born 1956)
- Richard Boone, American actor (1917–1981)
- Ron Boone, American basketball player
- Josh Boone, American film director
- Josh Boone, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Jessica Boone, American actress
- Aaron Boone, American baseball manager, former professional baseball player and broadcaster

and 10 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Bone, Bohn, Bono, Bonney, Boney, Boon, Bonn, Bonneau, Bown, Bona, Boan, Boni.

## 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.