Paybody Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Paybody Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. I find no early trace of this name. Paybody seems to have been the original form of the prefix, but what it means I cannot say; compare Gentilcorps, Freebody, Goodbody, Baldbody, &c.
1615. Thomas Paybodie, Leicestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.
Read More About This SurnamePaybody Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 86 | 1:647,884 | 37,755 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Paybody Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. I find no early trace of this name. Paybody seems to have been the original form of the prefix, but what it means I cannot say; compare Gentilcorps, Freebody, Goodbody, Baldbody, &c.
1615. Thomas Paybodie, Leicestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.
— Married — Thomas Stubbs and Elizabeth Pyebody: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1629. — Thomas Mason and Susan Payboddye: ibid.
1635. Francis Peboddy sailed for New England: Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.
V. Peabody.
"See ms to be connected with the Danish paabyde, to command or enjoin; paabud an edict." Ferguson. See Peabody.
The same as Paybody. Dixon derives it from Pae-body, "one as handsome as a pae or peacock!" This is far-fetched enough for ordinary belief, but Mr. Arthur goes much further, in deducing the lineage of the name from one Boadie, a kinsman of Queen Boadicea, who escaped into Wales, and there got the name of Pea, or mountain, prefixed to his name.
There is an ancient tradition (we give it for what it is worth), that this name was derived from one Boadie, a kinsman of Queen Boadicea, who assisted her in her revolt against the Romans. After the Britons were subdued by the Romans, Queen Boadicea dispatched herself by poison, and Boadie, with a remnant of the Britons, escaped to the mountains of Wales. Boadie, among the Cambri or Britons, signified a man or a great man, and Pea signified a large hill a mountain, from which Boadie came to be called Peabodie, or the Mountain man, which became the name of the tribe.
Paybody Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paybody Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paybody occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Paybody? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,007,164th most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name Paybody is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Paybody live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.
It is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 647,884. In England Paybody is mostly found in: Northamptonshire, where 58 percent live, Greater London, where 15 percent live and Dorset, where 6 percent live. Apart from England Paybody occurs in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 1 percent live.
Paybody Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Paybody has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Paybody last name increased 246 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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