Boden Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 3
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 6
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 335
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 383
Devon 8
Dorset 4
Durham 21
Essex 53
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 28
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 11
Lancashire 541
Leicestershire 37
Lincolnshire 22
London 229
Middlesex 50
Northumberland 13
Norfolk 13
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 80
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 157
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 28
Sussex 12
Staffordshire 525
Warwickshire 162
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 6
Worcestershire 125
Yorkshire 264

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 31
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 25
Monmouthshire 14
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Boden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Boden family

Profession Census Frequency
School 283
Private Means 26
Coal Miner Hewer 22
General Servant (domestic) 20
General Labourer 17
Labourer 14
Dressmaker 14
Clerk 13
At School 12
None 12
At Home 11
Housekeeper 11
Farmer 10
Dress Maker 8
Carter 8
Cotton Weaver 8
Assisting In Business 7
Scholar 7
House Keeper 6
House Wife 6
Hawker 6
Weaver 6
Baker 6
House Duties 6
Student 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Boden

Name Census Frequency
Mary Boden 1,148
William Boden 1,090
John Boden 1,061
Thomas Boden 725
Sarah Boden 688
George Boden 644
Elizabeth Boden 641
James Boden 434
Ann Boden 393
Samuel Boden 373
Edward Boden 328
Charles Boden 324
Joseph Boden 308
Henry Boden 261
Annie Boden 254
Jane Boden 243
Hannah Boden 235
Alice Boden 215
Eliza Boden 190
Emma Boden 182
Martha Boden 179
Margaret Boden 177
Ellen Boden 174
Arthur Boden 155
Alfred Boden 153

Boden Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bowden 83% 61,591
2 Boden 100% 17,058
3 Baden 80% 2,602
4 Ebdon 40% 2,196
5 Bowdon 67% 2,184
6 Beadon 50% 1,410
7 Boaden 83% 1,111
8 Ebden 60% 1,023
9 Beaden 67% 945
10 Beeden 67% 842
11 Biden 80% 829
12 Bodin 80% 545
13 Baiden 67% 493
14 Bouden 83% 383
15 Bodden 83% 356
16 Beedon 50% 303
17 Beden 80% 194
18 Buden 80% 181
19 Booden 83% 155
20 Baaden 67% 131
21 Bedon 60% 108
22 Bowdan 67% 101

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The surname Boden is the 2nd most popular variant of Bowden.

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