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    The surname Bodi

    A patronymic surname, carried by 724 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bodi is more common than 80.4% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Hungarian surname Bódi, from a short form of Bódizsár, a variant of the personal name Boldizsár, compare Baltazar. * Also as a Hungarian surname, from the adjective bódi (“fat, rotund”). * As an Italian surname, patronymic/plural of Bodo (of Germanic origin, from *budô (“messenger”)), and from Bodio in Varese or Ticino. * As a French Canadian surname, variant of Beaudin, compare Bodie.

    Bodi 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 724 people named Bodi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 426,444 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 755.

    #31,873
    rank among US surnames
    724
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #29,481)

    Who is named Bodi

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

    92% of people named Bodi identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bodi

    Bodi 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 Bodi come from?
    * As a Hungarian surname Bódi, from a short form of Bódizsár, a variant of the personal name Boldizsár, compare Baltazar. * Also as a Hungarian surname, from the adjective bódi (“fat, rotund”). * As an Italian surname, patronymic/plural of Bodo (of Germanic origin, from *budô (“messenger”)), and…
    How common is the surname Bodi?
    724 people in the United States had the surname Bodi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 426,444 Americans. It ranked 31,873rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bodi?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bodi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Bodi?
    Bodi is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Bodi getting more or less common?
    Less common. 755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 724 in 2010, down 4.1%.