Bodington Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Bodington Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Boddington,' parishes in Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire.

Robert de Bodinton, Buckinghamshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

1707. Married — William Strangfellow and Frances Bodington: St.

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Bodington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2191:247,38725,203
England1421:392,38127,229
United States1201:3,020,491176,226
Venezuela311:974,32514,902
Australia281:964,13257,058
Trinidad and Tobago261:52,4614,513
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Panama121:326,0227,351
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Wales51:618,90625,852
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England821:297,26120,172
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Bodington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Boddington,' parishes in Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire.

Robert de Bodinton, Buckinghamshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

1707. Married — William Strangfellow and Frances Bodington: St. Mary Aldermary.

1739. Buried — Ann Bodington: St. John the Baptist, Wallbrook.

1752. Married — Thomas Collyer and Elizabeth Boddington: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Parishes in cos. Gloucest. and Northampton.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Bodington Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bodington is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bodington.

How Common Is The Last Name Bodington? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bodington is the 503,100th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 36 percent of Bodington live; 36 percent live in Southern Africa and 36 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 247,387. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 32 percent are found, Western Cape, where 27 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 15 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.

Bodington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bodington has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Bodington last name grew 173 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bodington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bodington last name are 16.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 69.44% being registered with the political party.

The amount Bodington earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 44.59% more than the national average, earning R 343,608 per year; in United States they earn 13.87% more than the national average, earning $49,132 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.4% more than the national average, earning $54,352 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boddington952,214/
Bodiengton951/
Bedington89123/
Budington8990/
Badington8910/
Wodington890/
Woodington841,148/
Buddington84575/
Beddington84317/
Baddington8426/
Woddington841/
Voddington841/
Wadington78124/
Waddington7411,703/
Waddingtton701/
Wadddington701/
Waddyngton636/

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