Find out how popular the last name Bodenschatz is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Bodenschatz.

Bodenschatz, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Bodenschatz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bodenschatz in America

Bodenschatz is the 55962nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bodenschatz surname appeared 366 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Bodenschatz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bodenschatz to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bodenschatz

The surname Bodenschatz originated in Germany, with the earliest records dating back to the 16th century. It is a compound word derived from the German words "Boden," meaning "ground" or "soil," and "Schatz," meaning "treasure." The name likely referred to someone who owned or worked on fertile or valuable land.

The name Bodenschatz has been found in various historical records and manuscripts, including church registers and tax rolls from different regions of Germany. One of the earliest known mentions of the name appears in a record from the town of Freiburg im Breisgau in 1534, where a certain Hans Bodenschatz is listed as a landowner.

The name also appears in the 17th century in the records of the village of Großbottwar, near Stuttgart, where a family of Bodenschatzes resided. In the 18th century, the Bodenschatz name is found in the records of the town of Forchtenberg, located in the present-day state of Baden-Württemberg.

Some notable historical figures with the surname Bodenschatz include:

1. Johann Bodenschatz (1597-1656), a German Lutheran theologian and hymnwriter from Saxony.
2. Georg Bodenschatz (1717-1797), a German Protestant theologian and philosopher from Hesse.
3. Friedrich Bodenschatz (1819-1892), a German philologist and lexicographer from Saxony.
4. Erich Bodenschatz (1896-1944), a German naval officer and U-boat commander during World War II.
5. Karl Bodenschatz (1890-1979), a German World War I fighter ace and Luftwaffe general during World War II.

It is worth noting that the name Bodenschatz has undergone various spelling variations over the centuries, such as Bodenschatz, Bodenschätz, and Bodenschätzle, reflecting regional linguistic differences and orthographic changes.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bodenschatz

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Bodenschatz.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Bodenschatz was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bodenschatz has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Bodenschatz was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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