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    The surname Body

    An English occupational surname, carried by 1,954 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B300

    Body: #15,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Body #15,099, 1,954 people Body: #15,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Body #15,099, 1,954 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Body is more common than 90.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    * As an English surname, from Middle English body, probably a nickname for a corpulent person; and occupational surname from Middle English bode (“messenger”) + -y (diminutive ending). Equivalent to bode (“messenger, herald”) + -y. * As a French surname, variant of Bodin. * As a Hungarian surname Bódy, variant of Bódi, Bodi.

    Body 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 1,954 people named Body in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,007 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,863.

    #15,099
    rank among US surnames
    1,954
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,641)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,090Palombo1,955157,926
    #15,099Schaible1,954158,007
    #15,104Quispe1,953158,088

    Who is named Body

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

    57% of people named Body identified as Black (not Hispanic), 36% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Body

    Body has the Soundex code B300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B300.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Body come from?
    * As an English surname, from Middle English body, probably a nickname for a corpulent person; and occupational surname from Middle English bode (“messenger”) + -y (diminutive ending). Equivalent to bode (“messenger, herald”) + -y. * As a French surname, variant of Bodin. * As a Hungarian surname…
    How common is the surname Body?
    1,954 people in the United States had the surname Body in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,007 Americans. It ranked 15,099th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Body?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Body identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 36% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Body?
    Body is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Body getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,863 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,954 in 2010, up 4.9%.
    What are other spellings of Body?
    Bodie.