Bodley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Bodley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bodley family

Profession Census Frequency
School 48
Private Means 11
Bricklayer 7
Labourer 5
At School 5
Dressmaker 4
General Servant (domestic) 4
Carpenter 3
House Wife 3
Clerk 3
Farm Labourer 3
Builder Decorator 2
Commercial Traveller 2
House Painter 2
Joiner 2
Needlewoman 2
Nil 2
None 2
Domestic Servant 2
Apartment House Keeper 2
Spinster 2
Cook (domestic) 2
Formerly Governess 2
Registry Office For Servants 2
Boat Man 2

Bodley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Badley 83% 4,200
2 Bodley 100% 2,960
3 Beadley 71% 1,260
4 Boadley 86% 475
5 Budley 83% 473
6 Boudley 86% 464
7 Bedley 83% 443
8 Bodily 67% 439
9 Badeley 71% 283
10 Bidley 83% 232
11 Bodely 67% 127
12 Bodiley 86% 112

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The surname Bodley is the 2nd most popular variant of Badley.

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