How common is the surname Bodin?

2,129 people in the United States had the surname Bodin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,019 Americans. It ranked 14,113th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bodin?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bodin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bodin getting more or less common?

More common. 2,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,129 in 2010, up 1.8%.

Is Bodin also a first name?

Yes. Bodin is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Bodin

A French place surname, carried by 2,129 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bodin is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

* As an English and French surname of Norman origin, from Old French Bodin, a pet form of Bodo, borrowed from Germanic names containing the element *budô (“messenger”). Compare Beaudin. * As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”), compare Bodeen, Boden. * As a German surname, related to sense 1 above, and also from the place Boddin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Bodin is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,129 people named Bodin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,019 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,092.

#14,113

rank among US surnames

2,129

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,359)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,105	Heeter	2,131	144,883
#14,111	Shankar	2,130	144,951
#14,113	Militello	2,129	145,019
#14,119	Tritt	2,128	145,087

Who is named Bodin

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

94% of people named Bodin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bodin

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bodin come from?: * As an English and French surname of Norman origin, from Old French Bodin, a pet form of Bodo, borrowed from Germanic names containing the element *budô (“messenger”). Compare Beaudin. * As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”), compare Bodeen, Boden. * As a German surname, related…
How common is the surname Bodin?: 2,129 people in the United States had the surname Bodin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,019 Americans. It ranked 14,113th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bodin?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bodin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Bodin?: Bodin is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bodin getting more or less common?: More common. 2,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,129 in 2010, up 1.8%.
Is Bodin also a first name?: Yes. Bodin is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.