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Rodes Surname Meaning

Catalan (Rodés): habitational name from any of several places called Rodés, mainly those in El Pallars and El Conflent districts in northern Catalonia. Catalan: variant of Roda from Catalan rodes, plural of roda ‘wheel’. English: variant of Rhodes. Compare Rhode.

Croatian and Slovenian (Rodeš): nickname derived from archaic or dialect rod (standard Croatian rud; compare Rudes) ‘curly’ or alternatively from rod ‘family relatives’. In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the rare, mostly Slovenian variant Rodež.

French: habitational name from Rodez (Rodés in Occitan) in Aveyron, which is first recorded in the 6th century in the Latin form Rutensis from the name of the Gaulish tribe Ruteni.

French: habitational name from La Rode, a place in Puy-de-Dôme (see Rode).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Rodes families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Rodes family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Rodes families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 14 Rodes families living in London. This was about 20% of all the recorded Rodes's in United Kingdom. London had the highest population of Rodes families in 1891.
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In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Rodes. 100% of Rodes women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
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Between 1953 and 2004, in the United States, Rodes life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1958, and highest in 1970. The average life expectancy for Rodes in 1953 was 43, and 73 in 2004.

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