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 or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Bonés, Boneš or Boñes. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bones? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 51,175th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 727,445 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Bones reside; 29 percent reside in South America and 26 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Bones is also the 461,707th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 356 people.
This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 2,508 people, or 1 in 144,521. In The United States Bones is most common in: California, where 14 percent reside, New York, where 10 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 76 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent reside and Ecuador, where 13 percent reside.
Bones Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bones has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held 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 declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bones Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Bones surname is chiefly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Bones last name are 8.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.58% being 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
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