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    The surname Bodman

    An English occupational surname, carried by 526 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B355

    Bodman: #41,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bodman #41,359, 526 people Bodman: #41,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bodman #41,359, 526 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bodman is more common than 74.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Two possible origins: * English occupational surname for a messenger, from Middle English bode (“messenger”) + man (“man”). * Americanized spelling of German Bodmann, itself a variant of Bodemann.

    Bodman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 526 people named Bodman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 586,969 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 520.

    #41,359
    rank among US surnames
    526
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #39,756)

    Who is named Bodman

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

    95% of people named Bodman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bodman

    Bodman has the Soundex code B355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B355.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bodman come from?
    Two possible origins: * English occupational surname for a messenger, from Middle English bode (“messenger”) + man (“man”). * Americanized spelling of German Bodmann, itself a variant of Bodemann.
    How common is the surname Bodman?
    526 people in the United States had the surname Bodman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 586,969 Americans. It ranked 41,359th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bodman?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bodman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Bodman?
    Bodman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bodman getting more or less common?
    More common. 520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 526 in 2010, up 1.2%.