Boner Surname
Approximately 3,467 people bear this surname
Boner Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the debonair'; bonair, civil, gentle, courteous; spelt also bonere; v. Kyng Alisaunder, 6732, &c. (Halliwell); compare Old French debonert, dtbonaire, i.e. de bon aire. Lower remarks that 'Bishop Bonner was an excellent IIIustration of Horace in Devon, with the local suffix -bean, so common in that district.
Read More About This SurnameBoner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,968 | 1:184,176 | 18,367 |
| Switzerland | 533 | 1:15,409 | 2,535 |
| Ireland | 202 | 1:23,312 | 2,285 |
| England | 194 | 1:287,206 | 22,180 |
| Germany | 128 | 1:628,949 | 49,754 |
| Scotland | 95 | 1:56,356 | 4,696 |
| Brazil | 73 | 1:2,932,525 | 86,118 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Italy | 25 | 1:2,446,268 | 94,040 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Panama | 7 | 1:558,894 | 9,437 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 700 | 1:6,328 | 1,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 61 | 1:399,596 | 24,084 |
| Scotland | 40 | 1:93,580 | 4,818 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,418 | 1:35,415 | 4,210 |
The alternate forms: Bonér (73), Böner (37) & Bóner (2) are calculated separately.
Boner (177) may also be a first name.
Boner Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the debonair'; bonair, civil, gentle, courteous; spelt also bonere; v. Kyng Alisaunder, 6732, &c. (Halliwell); compare Old French debonert, dtbonaire, i.e. de bon aire. Lower remarks that 'Bishop Bonner was an excellent IIIustration of Horace in Devon, with the local suffix -bean, so common in that district. The modern variants are somewhat curious to look at.
V. the commoner form Bonner.
Old French, boner and French bonaire. Gracious, kind. Bishop Bonner was an excellent illustration of Horace Smith's dictum, that surnames "ever go by contraries."
(French.) From Bonheur, happiness, good—fortune, prosperity.
Bartholomew Bonaire party to a suit Hants 1200, RCR. This name appears foreign.
Bonner is an ancient name also represented in Herefordshire. As Boner and Bonere, it occurred in Oxfordshire and Hunts in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.).
User-submitted Reference
This surname is almost always associated with County Donegal in Ireland. It is an anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Cnáimhsi. The meaning in Irish is 'midwife', making the surname a rare example of a matronymic surname.
- murphywmmLiterally means "good person". An Old Welsh, English or Irish name.
- ebonnerBoner Demographics
Average Boner Salary in
United States
$42,419 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Boner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boner is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Bonér, Böner or Bóner. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boner? popularity and diffusion
Boner is the 130,488th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,101,975 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Boner live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 685,598th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 177 people.
The last name Boner is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,968 people, or 1 in 184,176. In The United States it is mostly found in: Illinois, where 9 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Indiana, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States it is found in 50 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 15 percent live and Ireland, where 6 percent live.
Boner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Boner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Boner last name increased 139 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 71 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 318 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 238 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Boner Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (97%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Boner surname are 7.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.43% registered with the party.
The amount Boner earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 28.24% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,910 per year; in South Africa they earn 275.63% more than the national average, earning R 892,632 per year; in United States they earn 1.69% less than the national average, earning $42,419 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.95% more than the national average, earning $56,116 CAD per year.
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Boner Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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