Bodfish Surname

718,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 406 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Bodfish Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the sign of the flat fish; seller of flat fish, such as the halibut.

Bodfish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2221:1,632,698109,247
England1571:354,89225,525
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1231:198,17415,835
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1251:401,74929,788

Bodfish Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the sign of the flat fish; seller of flat fish, such as the halibut.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Possibly French, beau-fils, son-in-law.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Bodfish Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bodfish Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bodfish is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bodfish? popularity and diffusion

It is the 718,674th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. The last name Bodfish occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Bodfish live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 222 people, or 1 in 1,632,698. In The United States it is most common in: Alaska, where 45 percent live, Michigan, where 27 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States Bodfish occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 39 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Bodfish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bodfish has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 178 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 128 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bodfish Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bodfish last name are 30.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.27% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bodfish earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 10.98% less than the national average, earning $38,411 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.35% more than the national average, earning $52,341 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Botfish8613/
Badfish863/
Bodfich860/
Bedfish860/
Boufish860/
Budfish860/
Bofis831/
Boufis77458/
Bofise775/
Bofais771/
Bafish771/
Bofich771/
Bofi73661/
Boutfis7198/
Batfish716/
Boufiss712/
Bousfih712/
Boufise711/
Boufich711/
Bahfish711/
Beufish710/
Bofio677,925/
Boffi672,491/
Boufi67966/
Boofi67431/
Bofii67261/
Bofei67120/
Bafis6748/
Bofoi6741/
Bofie6735/
Bouffies6725/
Bofes678/
Bafih678/
Bofit672/
Batfisch672/
Bofiy671/
Bofeh671/
Bhofi671/
Botfi671/
Boifi671/
Woodfies670/

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