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Boone

in Kentucky

There are 1,356 people with the last name "Boone" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Boone 372
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  1. is 368th most common Akers
  2. is 369th most common Jacobs
  3. is 370th most common Manning
  4. is 371st most common Middleton
  5. is 372nd most common Boone
  6. is 373rd most common Johnston
  7. is 374th most common Logan
  8. is 375th most common Robbins
  9. is 376th most common Owen

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Boone

James, Michael, John, Joseph, Mary, William, David, Robert, Daniel, Thomas

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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