Imboden
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Imboden is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: topographic name for someone who lived ‘in the (valley) bottom’, from Middle High German bodem, boden ‘floor’, ‘bottom’, ‘ground’ (cf.
- CHSwitzerland
- USUnited States
- CLChile
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
topographic name for someone who lived ‘in the (valley) bottom’, from Middle High German bodem, boden ‘floor’, ‘bottom’, ‘ground’ (cf. Boden).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Imboden is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Wohnstättenname zu Boden/Böden; im- + Boden. 1044 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
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)
- John D. Imbodenb. 1823USConfederate Brigadier General (1823–1895)
- Max Imbodenb. 1915CHSwiss politician and law professor (1915-1969)
- Tris Imbodenb. 1951USAmerican drummer
- Markus Imbodenb. 1955CHSwiss film director and screenwriter
- Heinz Imbodenb. 1962CHSwiss cyclist
- Francisca Imbodenb. 1971CLChilean actress
- William Inbodenb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican academic, writer, and former White House staffer (born 1972)
- Urs Imbodenb. 1975CHOlympic alpine skier
- Facundo Imbodenb. 1980ARArgentine footballer
- Race Imbodenb. 1993USAmerican fencer
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 2.3K | #407 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 961 | #24,406 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 950 | #25,889 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 887 | #28,588 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 67 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 32 | #32,972 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 9 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 8 | #43,167 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 5 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 Imboden come from?
- topographic name for someone who lived ‘in the (valley) bottom’, from Middle High German bodem, boden ‘floor’, ‘bottom’, ‘ground’ (cf. Boden). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What does the name Imboden mean?
- Recorded meaning: topographic name for someone who lived ‘in the (valley) bottom’, from Middle High German bodem, boden ‘floor’, ‘bottom’, ‘ground’ (cf.
- In which country does Imboden have the most bearers?
- Imboden is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Imboden”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.