Codd
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Possibly from OE *Codda or a nickname; perhaps OE codd ‘bag, scrip’ or ME codd(e) ‘cod’
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 10 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/kodd/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated · uncertain
Codd is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- IEIreland≈1 in 31Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
- UYUruguay1 in 54K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 64K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 231 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 31K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,100 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Possibly from OE *Codda or a nickname; perhaps OE codd ‘bag, scrip’ or ME codd(e) ‘cod’. First attested Alanus filius Chod 1150–5 DC (Lancashire).
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Where in the world
(measured from records)Codd counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Codd | 127 |
| US United States | 874 | 1 in 381K | 909 | Codd | 231 |
| AU Australia | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 94K | — | Codd | 73 |
| CA Canada | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 237K | — | Codd | 53 |
| IE Ireland | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Codd | 63 |
| UY Uruguay | 63 | 1 in 54K | 63 | Codd | 9 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 166K | — | Codd | 26 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Codd is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
possibly an alternative anglicized form of the surname Cody from Mac Óda. Further information: In County Wexford this is said to be from the English personal name rather than an anglicization of Mac Óda.
as a nameThe Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
In Irish, Coda. Usually this is Old-English, as such peculiar to Co. Wexford from the thirteenth century. It is sometimes a variant of Cody. Bibl. MIF Map Wexford
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
In yol, a surname, variant of Cudde
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, bag; sack
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Frederick Coddb. 1832GBGothic Revival architect
- George P. Coddb. 1869USAmerican politician (1869-1927)
- Clara Coddb. 1876GB(1876–1971), suffragette and theosophist
- Tommy Coddb. 1890GBassociation football player (1890-1961)
- Leslie Edward Wostall Coddb. 1908ZASouth African botanist (1908-1999)
- Edgar Frank Coddb. 1923GBEnglish computer scientist (1923–2003)
- Mike Coddb. 1939AUPublic servant
- Chuck Coddb. 1967USAmerican soccer player-coach
- Shane Coddb. 1997IEIrish DJ and record producer
- Matt Coddartist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)18 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 909 | #27,975 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 874 | #27,556 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 834 | #27,258 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 63 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Codd come from?
- Possibly from OE *Codda or a nickname; perhaps OE codd ‘bag, scrip’ or ME codd(e) ‘cod’. First attested Alanus filius Chod 1150–5 DC (Lancashire). Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Codd?
- In Spanish /kodd/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- What does the name Codd mean?
- Recorded meaning: Possibly from OE *Codda or a nickname; perhaps OE codd ‘bag, scrip’ or ME codd(e) ‘cod’.
- In which country does Codd have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 thousand people named Codd in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled codd.
- How common is the name Codd?
- In the United States, the national register counted 874 people named Codd in 2010, about 1 in 381 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Codd”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.