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
Bones occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Bonés, Boneš or Boñes. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bones? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 51,175th most frequently used family name in the world, 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. Bones is also the 461,707th most frequently used given name at a global level, borne by 356 people.
The surname Bones is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 2,508 people, or 1 in 144,521. In The United States Bones is mostly found in: California, where 14 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States Bones occurs in 76 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent live and Ecuador, where 13 percent live.
Bones Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bones has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bones last name rose 466 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 148 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 317 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bones Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname 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% being registered with 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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