Bodmer Surname

118,408th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,883 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Bodmer Surname Definition:

(Teutonic) Herald-Famous [Old English boda-Old Saxon bodo=O.H.Ger, boto, messenger, herald + Old English mœre = Old Saxon O.H.Ger.mári, famous]

Bodmer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland1,6851:4,874726
United States1,0571:342,91330,845
Germany6791:118,56514,565
France931:714,22389,679
England761:733,13240,828
Netherlands571:296,26635,624
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Colombia321:1,492,94010,821
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
New Caledonia261:10,6242,723
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1341:374,76628,202

Bodmer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Teutonic) Herald-Famous [Old English boda-Old Saxon bodo=O.H.Ger, boto, messenger, herald + Old English mœre = Old Saxon O.H.Ger.mári, famous]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Land-Owner” in Old German (Boden-land). Compare “Bodem” in Afrikaans.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

From bod-mer, the great house.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Bodmer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bodmer (Arabic: بودمر, Russian: Бодмер) is carried by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bodmer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 118,408th most common last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,876,782 people. The surname Bodmer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Bodmer live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Bodmer is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 1,685 people, or 1 in 4,874. In Switzerland it is most numerous in: Canton of Zürich, where 45 percent are found, Canton of Aargau, where 11 percent are found and Canton of Bern, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Switzerland this surname is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Germany, where 17 percent are found.

Bodmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bodmer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bodmer surname rose 789 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 585 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bodmer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bodmer surname are 12.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.13% registered with the political party.

The amount Bodmer earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 4.07% more than the national average, earning R 247,308 per year; in Colombia they earn 48.17% more than the national average, earning $33,637,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.08% more than the national average, earning $50,519 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.9% more than the national average, earning $67,022 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boudmer9235/
Bodmeir921/
Bodmier921/
Bodmere921/
Bodme911/
Vodmer831/
Budmer831/
Badmer831/
Bodmey831/
Boidme830/
Bodmerová802/
Boudmir779/
Bodmayr779/
Boodmee776/
Bodmair771/
Boudmea771/
Woodmer770/
Bodma7331/
Badme7319/
Boydemir7158/
Woodmere715/
Woodmeir710/
Buddmier710/
Bahadmehr6729/
Boudma6716/
Budmir675/
Badhme674/
Badmir674/
Badmes674/
Vadmer673/
Bedmyr672/
Wadmer672/
Bédmär671/
Bedmär671/
Boudmy671/

Bodmer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bodmer in the Russian language
Бодмерbodmer-
Bodmer in the Arabic language
بودمرbwdmr-

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Bodmer Reference & Research

Bodamer DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Bodamer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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