Rode Family History
Rode Name Meaning
German: from a short form of any of the various Germanic
personal names with the first element hrod ‘renown’. Compare
Robert, Rudiger.North German, Danish, and English:
topographic name for someone who lived on land cleared for cultivation
or in a clearing in woodland, from Middle Low German rode,
Danish rothe, Old English rod. Compare English
Rhodes.English: habitational name from any of
the many places named with this word, as for example Rode in Cheshire.Slovenian: topographic name from the adjective rod
‘barren’, denoting someone who lived on a barren land.Slovenian: nickname from the Slovenian dialect word rode
‘person with disheveled hair’, a derivative of rod ‘curly’ or
‘hairy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rode
Name Distribution of Rode Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rode families
 15 - 28  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rode families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rode census records
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Rode Family Origin
Rode Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Rode Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Rode
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