Bodnar Surname

12,736th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44,077 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Bodnar Surname User-submission:

This name is coming from a trade of a bodnár, in English, a cooper, a maker of barrels or wooden cars.

Bodnar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine21,5941:2,108153
United States7,7041:47,0485,709
Russia3,1401:45,8996,101
Romania2,8641:7,010923
Canada2,2761:16,1892,342
Poland2,2491:16,9002,484
Brazil8711:245,7809,470
Moldova3291:10,8251,855
Israel3271:26,1703,828
France2991:222,15034,463
Argentina2871:148,93212,582
Spain2131:219,49314,676
Transnistria1911:2,485361
Germany1861:432,82538,889
Australia1711:157,87016,525
England1671:333,64124,529
Serbia1621:44,1054,433
Hungary1511:65,0086,718
Slovakia1321:40,4287,538
Czechia1291:82,43013,813
Kazakhstan1131:156,48215,521
Belarus791:120,26717,598
Austria651:131,00717,994
Belgium491:234,62529,441
Sweden441:223,79015,522
Estonia381:34,7846,408
Italy281:2,184,16791,195
Greece261:426,14656,152
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Ireland221:214,0438,362
Norway201:257,11427,149
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Turkmenistan91:609,9014,112
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
China21:683,660,78330,601
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Bodnár (16,090) are calculated separately.

Bodnar (21) may also be a first name.

Bodnar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This name is coming from a trade of a bodnár, in English, a cooper, a maker of barrels or wooden cars.

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Bodnar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bodnar (Russian: Боднар) occurs most in Ukraine. It can be found in the variant forms: Bodnár. For other possible spellings of Bodnar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bodnar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 12,736th most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 165,337 people. The surname Bodnar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Bodnar live; 68 percent live in Eastern Europe and 55 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Bodnar is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 21 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is held by 21,594 people, or 1 in 2,108. In Ukraine Bodnar is mostly found in: Lviv Oblast, where 20 percent are found, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 12 percent are found and Zakarpattia Oblast, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Ukraine this surname occurs in 75 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Russia, where 7 percent are found.

Bodnar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bodnar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bodnar last name expanded 770,400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 16,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bodnar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (63%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Bodnar surname are 16.47% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 63.24% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bodnar earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 23.13% less than the national average, earning 266,019 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.58% more than the national average, earning $45,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.72% more than the national average, earning $51,533 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bodnár9416,090/
Bodnard9222/
Bodnare922/
Boudnar921/
Bodnarz921/
Bodnear921/
Boddnar921/
Bodinnar86147/
Bednar837,883/
Budnar83243/
Wodnar8346/
Badnar8317/
Bodnor8316/
Vodnar8316/
Bodnarová80116/
Bodnarova8073/
Budhnar7758/
Badnarz7715/
Badngar774/
Badnare771/
Budnhar771/
Bhadnar771/
Bodnorz771/
Bednarr771/
Bednair771/
Budnear770/
Badennar716/
Bhudhnar714/
Budhnear712/
Boudnour711/
Bademnar711/
Bhadnare711/
Bodnárová672,294/
Bednor6720/
Bednař6711/
Badnor679/
Budnor675/
Bodnárova674/
Vodnár672/
Vadnar672/
Vodnarova671/
Vudnar671/
Vodinnare671/

Bodnar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bodnar in the Russian language
Боднарbodnar-

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