Badge is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Badge
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

The family name is the variant of Bodger. Probably the same as Badger.

Lastname is a variation of Badger. A huxter or hawker "If any person shall act as a badger without license, he is to forfeit five pounds." Jacob's Law Dict. The etymon seems to be the French bagagier, or baggage-carrier. Badger is as much to say as Bagger, of the French word baggage, i.e., sarcina; and it is used with us for one that is licensed to buy corn or other victuals in one place, and carry them to another." Termes de la Ley. A parish in Shropshire.

A form of Badger. Pedlar, corn-factor; also the animal called like-wise a "baud," a "brook," and a "gray".

The variation of Badger. Pedlar, corn-factor; also the animal called like-wise a "baud," a "brook," and a "gray".

Family name is a variant of Badger. One who buys grain and other commodities and carries them elsewhere in a bag to sell; one who came from Badger or Bacga's shore, Shropshire.

Badge is a variant form of Badger. One who buys grain and other commodities and carries them elsewhere in a bag to sell; one who came from Badger or Bacga's shore, Shropshire.

Variant of Badger. A huxter or hawker "If any person shall act as a badger without license, he is to forfeit five pounds." Jacob's Law Dict. The etymon seems to be the French bagagier, or baggage-carrier. Badger is as much to say as Bagger, of the French word baggage, i.e., sarcina; and it is used with us for one that is licensed to buy corn or other victuals in one place, and carry them to another." Termes de la Ley. A parish in Shropshire.

The variation of Bodger. Probably the same as Badger.

How popular is Badge?

Badge is common in India, United States.

Badge is ranked 69976 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Badges plummeted by 3.42 per cent to 113 since 2000 and slipped by 13087 spots and ranked at 146201. The last name was found in merely 4 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.04 92.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 5.31 0
Badge is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in India which signifies that it is originated from India. Around 7073 people have been found who wears Badge as their family name. Badge is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Badge:
7,495 India6,664
Countries with hundreds of Badge:
142,789 United States158
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,401 England91
36,890 Australia56
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
119,987 Germany35
92,927 Canada28
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
40,289 United Arab Emirates8

Immigrants to US

From Germany

23 years old machinist Gustav Badge who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on May 29, 1860 by Orpheus put out from Bremerhaven. Merchant C.Mi. Badge, 18 years old Maria Badge, are others that migrated to US.

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