# Boden (surname)

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

An English surname common in Shropshire and the West Midlands area of central England.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,445 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,494 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 69,459 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (4,133 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈboʊdən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a north/Low German surname, derived from the personal name Bode, from the noun meaning "messenger" (Old Saxon bodo). * As a German surname, from the noun Boden (“bottom”). Compare Bottom. * As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”). Compare Bodin. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Buadáin (“descendant of Buadán”), see Bowden. * As an English surname, variant of Bawden.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boden 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Boden in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Boden

- Margaret Boden, British academic (1936–2025)
- Samuel Boden, British chess player (1826–1882)
- Anna Boden, American filmmaker
- Kathryn Plummer, American volleyballer

## Similar surnames

Bowden, Bodine, Bodden, Baden, Boyden, Bodin, Biden, Botten, Batten, Button, Beaudoin, Beaton.

## 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.