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 Male Bones Height
176.21 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bones Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bones Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bones occurs most in The United States. It can also appear as: Bonés, Boneš or Boñes. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bones? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 51,175th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 727,445 people. The last name Bones is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Bones are found; 29 percent are found in South America and 26 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 461,707th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 356 people.
The surname Bones is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2,508 people, or 1 in 144,521. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 14 percent are found, New York, where 10 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The United States Bones occurs in 76 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 14 percent are found and Ecuador, where 13 percent are found.
Bones Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bones has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bones last name grew 466 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 148 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 317 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bones Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.
In The United States Bones are 8.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.58% registered to vote for the political 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
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