Last Name BODY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Baldwin, from nickname Baud or Bodd, familarly Boddy. From the nickname were formed the diminutives Bod-in, Bod-kin, and Baud-et.
Origin English, Jewish, French, Irish, Slovakian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 14,641 (2000 US census) 11,915 (1990 US census)
Count 1,863 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 40.79%, or 760 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 55.18%, or 1028 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.93%, or 36 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.5%, or 28 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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