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    The surname Boda

    A surname, carried by 874 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B300

    Boda: #27,556 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Boda #27,556, 874 people Boda: #27,556 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Boda #27,556, 874 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boda is more common than 83% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Hungarian surname, from the personal name Bod, supposedly of Turkic origin. * Also as a Hungarian surname, from Bóda, pet form of Boldizsár. Also Slovak Boďa, from Baltazár. * As a Spanish surname, from the noun boda (“wedding”). * As a French Canadian surname, variant of Beaudin. Compare Bodah.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 874 people named Boda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 353,256 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 809.

    #27,556
    rank among US surnames
    874
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #27,924)

    Who is named Boda

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    79% of people named Boda identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 5.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bodas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Imre Boda
      Association football player, born 1961

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boda

    Boda has the Soundex code B300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boda come from?
    * As a Hungarian surname, from the personal name Bod, supposedly of Turkic origin. * Also as a Hungarian surname, from Bóda, pet form of Boldizsár. Also Slovak Boďa, from Baltazár. * As a Spanish surname, from the noun boda (“wedding”). * As a French Canadian surname, variant of Beaudin. Compare…
    How common is the surname Boda?
    874 people in the United States had the surname Boda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 353,256 Americans. It ranked 27,556th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boda?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Boda identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Boda?
    Imre Boda, association football player.
    Where is the surname Boda most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boda in Hungary.
    Is the surname Boda getting more or less common?
    More common. 809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 874 in 2010, up 8.0%.