# Bode (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bode/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,824 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,919 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,013 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.9% (5,935 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Dutch and German surname, from bode (“messenger”). * As a German and Danish surname, from the name Bodo, derived from Old Saxon bodo (“messenger”), related to above. * As a Dutch and German surname, from Bude (“booth, small house”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bode in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bode in the United States, Hungary, Albania and Germany.

## People named Bode

- Dániel Böde, association footballer
- Hendrik Wade Bode, American engineer, researcher, and inventor (1905–1982)
- Marissa Bode, American actress
- Vaughn Bodē, American underground comics and graphic design artist (1941–1975)
- Ridvan Bode, Albanian politician
- Ralf D. Bode, American cinematographer (1941-2001)

## Similar surnames

Boyd, Boddie, Bodie, Bade, Boddy, Body, Boda, Bodi, Bodo, Bedoya, Booth, Beatty.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.