How common is the surname Boddy?

2,219 people in the United States had the surname Boddy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,137 Americans. It ranked 13,646th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Boddy getting more or less common?

More common. 2,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,219 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Boddy

A surname, carried by 2,219 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boddy is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

English, Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Body.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,219 people named Boddy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,137 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,115.

#13,646

rank among US surnames

2,219

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,233)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,640	Caples	2,221	139,012
#13,642	Paw	2,220	139,075
#13,646	Eid	2,219	139,137
#13,654	Victorino	2,218	139,200

Who is named Boddy

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

71% of people named Boddy identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
Two or more races 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boddy

Boddy 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 Boddy come from?: English, Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Body.
How common is the surname Boddy?: 2,219 people in the United States had the surname Boddy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,137 Americans. It ranked 13,646th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boddy?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Boddy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Boddy getting more or less common?: More common. 2,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,219 in 2010, up 4.9%.