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    The surname Boden

    A patronymic surname, carried by 4,445 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈboʊdən/ 2 syllables Soundex B350

    Boden: #7,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boden #7,494, 4,445 people Boden: #7,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boden #7,494, 4,445 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boden is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Boden is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,445 people named Boden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,459 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,133.

    #7,494
    rank among US surnames
    4,445
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #7,430)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,488Leatherwood4,44969,397
    #7,490Maddux4,44869,412
    #7,492Garfield4,44769,428
    #7,494Hepler4,44569,459

    Who is named Boden

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

    94% of people named Boden identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bodens

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Margaret Boden
      British academic (1936–2025)
    • Samuel Boden
      British chess player (1826–1882)
    • Anna Boden
      American filmmaker, born 1979
    • Kathryn Plummer
      American volleyballer, born 1998

    Notable Bodens come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boden

    Boden has the Soundex code B350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B350.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boden come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Boden?
    4,445 people in the United States had the surname Boden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,459 Americans. It ranked 7,494th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boden?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Boden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Boden?
    Margaret Boden, British academic (1936–2025), followed by Samuel Boden.
    Where is the surname Boden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boden in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    How do you pronounce Boden?
    Boden is /ˈboʊdən/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Boden?
    Boden is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Boden getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,445 in 2010, up 7.5%.