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Rhode Family History

Rhode Surname Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English rode (Old English rod rodu) designating someone who lived by a woodland clearing or for someone who came from a place so named such as Road (Somerset), Rhode (Somerset), Road Farm in Colebrook (Devon), Rhode in Halberton (Devon), Roade (Northamptonshire), Rode (Cheshire), and Rodd (Herefordshire).

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a reed bed from Middle English rode (Old English hrēod). See also Rude and Trude.

German: habitational name from any places called Rhode (Lower Saxony, Rhineland) and Rhoden (Hesse, Saxony-Anhalt, former Silesia).

German: variant of Rohde and in North America (also) an altered form of this.

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


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You can see how Rhode families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Rhode family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Rhode families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 75 Rhode families living in Yorkshire. This was about 27% of all the recorded Rhode's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Rhode families in 1891.
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What did your Rhode ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Rhode. 90% of Rhode women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    90%
  • Tailoress
    10%

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What is the average Rhode lifespan?

Between 1941 and 2004, in the United States, Rhode life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1948, and highest in 1985. The average life expectancy for Rhode in 1941 was 42, and 80 in 2004.

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