Boddy is used as a family name or surname in Old Norse. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Boddy
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Old Norse
Meaning: Same name as Bodda, Boda, sometimes Latinized as Bodus, probably from boda, or Old Norse bodi, a messenger.

How popular is Boddy?

Boddy is common in United States.

Boddy is ranked 61467 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Boddy bearers increased by 4.917258 per cent in 2010 US census to 2219 since 2000, the surname slipped by 413 spots and ranked at 13646. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 70.66 71.06
Black 19.02 20.85
Hispanic or Latino 3.24 3.55
Boddy is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Gibraltar is ahead in terms of density. Around 7484 people have been found who wears Boddy as their family name. Boddy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
648 Northern Mariana Islands8
497,106 Indonesia8
705 Gibraltar7
127,708 Czech Republic3
184,212 France3
65,594 Belgium2
50,640 Switzerland2
40,256 Mexico2
9,185 Hong Kong2
48,575 Azerbaijan1
897,276 Russia1
2,374 Bermuda1
2,613 The Bahamas1
4,249 Cambodia1
17,236 Ghana1
42,479 Greece1
9,498 Iceland1
29,595 Iran1
3,071 Jersey1
3,307 Malta1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
21,562 Portugal1
36,814 Romania1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
49,109 Spain39
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
11,387 Ireland22
10,454 Mauritania21
50,826 Zimbabwe19
113,815 Kazakhstan14
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
237,542 India53
Countries with hundreds of Boddy:
10,002 South Africa639
6,855 Canada616
7,889 Australia362
42,856 Brazil254
4,040 New Zealand189
71,225 Germany134
4,818 Scotland118
Countries with thousands of Boddy:
2,873 England2,683
15,369 United States2,184
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Mich. Boddy from Great Britain aboard the Orphan from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in USA on May 1, 1846. 21 years old Bridget Boddy, Michael Boddy (30) Draper, 30 years old Jane Boddy, U Boddy (Born at sea) Infant, Ann Boddy, aged 4, William Boddy, aged 2, Robert Boddy, aged 35, 34 years old Mary Boddy, and 6 other Boddy around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as sheap dealer or shepherd migrated to US.

Boddy Namesakes

  • Ian Boddy, Musician
  • Janice Boddy, Author
  • Evan Marlett Boddy, Author
  • Ian Boddy, Musician
  • Ian Boddy, Musician
  • Kasia Boddy, Author
  • Lauran Boddy played central character of Amy in 2015 comedy film The Dates.

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