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Boone

in Illinois

There are 1,156 people with the last name "Boone" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Boone 878
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  1. is 874th most common Petty
  2. is 875th most common Shapiro
  3. is 876th most common Barajas
  4. is 877th most common Peck
  5. is 878th most common Boone
  6. is 879th most common Sykes
  7. is 880th most common Montoya
  8. is 881st most common Raymond
  9. is 882nd most common Sampson

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bohn, Boon, Bonney, Buono, Bohm, Bonn, Bonnie, Bonneau, Bown, Boonstra

Most Common First Names for Boone

Michael, Robert, Daniel, David, James, Mary, Kenneth, Linda, Richard, Terry

Meaning & History

English (of Norman origin): from a nickname meaning ‘good’, from Old French bon ‘good’. Compare Bone 1.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Bohon in La Manche, France, of obscure etymology.

Dutch: from Middle Dutch bone, boene ‘bean’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a bean grower or a nickname for a man of little importance (broad beans having been an extremely common crop in the medieval period), or possibly for a tall thin man (with reference to the runner bean).

FOREBEARS The renowned American frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734–1820) was born in Reading, PA, into a Quaker family. His grandfather was a weaver who had emigrated from Exeter in England to Philadelphia in 1717.

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