The Boone surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 53,792 people carried this name — #632 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,480 people counted. That is up 4% from 51,679 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,596 people named Boone live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 554 people named Boone.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Boone in American newspapers,
1910–1934.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 412,484 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Boone,
with a public archive behind them.
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Daniel Boone 1734–1820 · politician -
Squire Boone 1744–1815 · explorer -
Alphonso Boone 1796–1850 -
Levi Day Boone 1808–1882 · politician -
William Jones Boone 1811–1864 · missionary
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 227 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boone.
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