Bones Surname
Approximately 10,018 people bear this surname
Bones Surname Definition:
Bone’s (Son): v. Bone.
Bones Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,508 | 1:144,521 | 14,952 |
| Brazil | 1,424 | 1:150,333 | 5,750 |
| Ecuador | 1,327 | 1:11,986 | 1,913 |
| England | 1,271 | 1:43,838 | 5,559 |
| Philippines | 988 | 1:102,468 | 17,828 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Australia | 237 | 1:113,906 | 12,650 |
| Norway | 231 | 1:22,261 | 2,897 |
| Mexico | 215 | 1:577,331 | 9,745 |
| Germany | 181 | 1:444,782 | 39,627 |
| Canada | 149 | 1:247,286 | 23,510 |
| Indonesia | 106 | 1:1,247,634 | 87,669 |
| Honduras | 83 | 1:106,222 | 1,739 |
| Peru | 81 | 1:392,397 | 12,711 |
| Argentina | 81 | 1:527,696 | 38,577 |
| South Africa | 72 | 1:752,468 | 52,376 |
| New Zealand | 68 | 1:66,593 | 10,133 |
| Northern Ireland | 54 | 1:34,167 | 3,366 |
| Nicaragua | 46 | 1:130,893 | 2,092 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| Israel | 44 | 1:194,492 | 19,021 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 40 | 1:34,099 | 3,409 |
| Scotland | 38 | 1:140,890 | 8,524 |
| Puerto Rico | 36 | 1:98,615 | 1,585 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:123,781 | 9,267 |
| Greece | 23 | 1:481,730 | 61,288 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Ireland | 18 | 1:261,608 | 9,673 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 1:220,765 | 6,223 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 281 | 1:15,765 | 1,982 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 860 | 1:28,343 | 3,837 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 538 | 1:93,343 | 9,564 |
The alternate forms: Bonés (8), Boneš (8) & Boñes (3) are calculated separately.
Bones (356) may also be a first name.
Bones Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Bone’s (Son): v. Bone.
A corruption of Bone.
Bones Demographics
Average Bones Salary in
United States
$39,379 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bones Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bones Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bones occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Bonés, Boneš or Boñes. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bones? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bones is the 51,175th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 727,445 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Bones live; 29 percent live in South America and 26 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 461,707th most frequently used forename in the world, held by 356 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2,508 people, or 1 in 144,521. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 14 percent are found, New York, where 10 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States it occurs in 76 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent are found and Ecuador, where 13 percent are found.
Bones Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bones has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bones surname increased 466 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 148 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 317 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bones Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Bones surname are 8.81% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.58% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bones earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.32% less than the national average, earning 299,998 kr per year; in Peru they earn 54.71% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,780 per year; in South Africa they earn 59.71% less than the national average, earning R 95,748 per year; in Colombia they earn 25.44% less than the national average, earning $16,925,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.74% less than the national average, earning $39,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.84% more than the national average, earning $54,571 CAD per year.
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Bones Reference & Research
Bones DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Bones FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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