The surname Bodkin
A patronymic surname, carried by 1,759 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B325
Origin
Ultimately from the Middle Dutch personal name Bodekin, a pet form of Baldwin.
Bodkin 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 1,759 people named Bodkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,523 Americans. That is down 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,849.
Who is named Bodkin
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Bodkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
- Two or more races 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Bodkins
Surnames that sound like Bodkin
Bodkin has the Soundex code B325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B325.
Questions
- Where does the surname Bodkin come from?
- Ultimately from the Middle Dutch personal name Bodekin, a pet form of Baldwin.
- How common is the surname Bodkin?
- 1,759 people in the United States had the surname Bodkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,523 Americans. It ranked 16,370th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bodkin?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bodkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Bodkin?
- Bodkin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Bodkin getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,759 in 2010, down 4.9%.
- What are other spellings of Bodkin?
- Bodkins.