Boone Family History
Boone Name Meaning
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).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Boone
Name Distribution of Boone Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Boone families
 73 - 144  25 - 72 |
 1 - 24  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Boone families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Boone Family Origin
Boone Emigration Information (US)
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Boone Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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