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The surname Bodiford

A surname, carried by 2,086 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B316

Bodiford: #14,342 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bodiford #14,342, 2,086 people Bodiford: #14,342 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bodiford #14,342, 2,086 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bodiford is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,086 people named Bodiford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,008 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,047.

#14,342
rank among US surnames
2,086
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1.9%
change since 2000 (was #13,604)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,338Ecklund2,087147,937
#14,342Rogowski2,086148,008
#14,349Moir2,085148,079

Who is named Bodiford

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

79% of people named Bodiford identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 79%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bodiford

Bodiford has the Soundex code B316, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B316.

Questions

How common is the surname Bodiford?
2,086 people in the United States had the surname Bodiford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,008 Americans. It ranked 14,342nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bodiford?
In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Bodiford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bodiford getting more or less common?
More common. 2,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,086 in 2010, up 1.9%.