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 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 2
Cambridgeshire 7
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 256
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 19
Derbyshire 217
Devon 11
Dorset 0
Durham 23
Essex 10
Gloucestershire 11
Hampshire 23
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 21
Lancashire 299
Leicestershire 31
Lincolnshire 5
London 210
Middlesex 9
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 24
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland 0
Shropshire 170
Suffolk 1
Somerset 2
Surrey 6
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 290
Warwickshire 129
Westmorland 10
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 61
Yorkshire 225

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 10
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Boden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Boden family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 366
Coal Miner 45
General Labourer 28
Domestic Servant 18
Dress Maker 17
Living On Her Own Means 15
Living On Own Means 14
Labourer 11
Tailor 10
Clerk 10
Cotton Weaver 10
General Servant 10
General Servant Domestic 10
Waterman 10
Farmer 9
House Keeper 8
Agricultural Labourer 8
Laundress 8
Grocer 7
Blacksmith 7
Farm Servant 7
General Domestic Servant 6
Butcher 6
Baker 5
Carpenter 5

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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