Roden Surname
Approximately 16,027 people bear this surname
Roden Surname Definition:
(English) 1 belonging to Roden; or Dweller at 1 the Roe-Valley [Old English rá, a roe + denu, a valley] 2 the Reedy Valley [Old English hreód, a reed] ‘æt Hrodene’ occurs in an Anglo-Saxon will (‘ Cartularium Saxonicum’ No. 1317).
Read More About This SurnameRoden Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,593 | 1:42,181 | 5,186 |
| England | 2,656 | 1:20,978 | 2,959 |
| Germany | 1,180 | 1:68,225 | 8,729 |
| Australia | 950 | 1:28,417 | 3,859 |
| Brazil | 433 | 1:494,398 | 18,652 |
| Canada | 430 | 1:85,687 | 9,504 |
| Wales | 260 | 1:11,902 | 1,323 |
| Philippines | 207 | 1:489,074 | 58,013 |
| Scotland | 188 | 1:28,478 | 2,994 |
| Belgium | 122 | 1:94,235 | 14,539 |
| Tanzania | 103 | 1:513,996 | 33,942 |
| Ireland | 94 | 1:50,095 | 3,633 |
| Indonesia | 87 | 1:1,520,106 | 102,006 |
| South Africa | 71 | 1:763,066 | 52,802 |
| New Zealand | 51 | 1:88,791 | 12,412 |
| Denmark | 50 | 1:112,894 | 10,491 |
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Taiwan | 25 | 1:937,790 | 6,555 |
| Mexico | 25 | 1:4,965,048 | 29,049 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Poland | 21 | 1:1,809,940 | 93,678 |
| Luxembourg | 21 | 1:27,645 | 4,917 |
| Ecuador | 19 | 1:837,150 | 13,424 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Czechia | 18 | 1:590,748 | 58,011 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Northern Ireland | 17 | 1:108,532 | 6,545 |
| Hungary | 15 | 1:654,418 | 37,235 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Grenada | 5 | 1:21,707 | 1,054 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 141 | 1:31,417 | 3,116 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,230 | 1:19,817 | 2,827 |
| Scotland | 100 | 1:37,432 | 2,932 |
| Wales | 85 | 1:18,452 | 1,079 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,243 | 1:40,401 | 4,746 |
The alternate forms: Rodén (180), Röden (10), Róden (2) & Rödén (102) are calculated separately.
Roden (5,762) may also be a first name.
Roden Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) 1 belonging to Roden; or Dweller at 1 the Roe-Valley [Old English rá, a roe + denu, a valley] 2 the Reedy Valley [Old English hreód, a reed] ‘æt Hrodene’ occurs in an Anglo-Saxon will (‘ Cartularium Saxonicum’ No. 1317).
User-submitted Reference
This surname is either Irish or German in origin. The meaning is 'meadow' or 'clearing'. The Roden spelling of the surname appears in many place names in Germany, but most family histories place their ancestors in England, Ireland, or Scotland. The first mention of Roden is found in records of Roddam Hall in Northumberland, England. There is also a Rodden River and place name in Shropshire, England. At some point, members of the family moved into Scotland and Ireland, and then eventually to the United States. Places in the US where early Roden or Roaden families can be found are Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana. Those who spell the name Roaden are all members of the same family, descended from Sarah Roaden and her common-law husband Littleton Pannell.
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Roden Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Russia
Roden Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roden Come From? nationality or country of origin
Roden (Arabic: رودن, Georgian: როდენ, Hindi: रोडें, Marathi: रोड, Russian: Роден) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur as a variant: Rodén, Röden, Róden or Rödén. For other potential spellings of Roden click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roden? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 33,134th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 454,704 people. The surname Roden occurs mostly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Roden are found; 45 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 87,935th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 5,762 people.
Roden is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 8,593 people, or 1 in 42,181. In The United States Roden is mostly concentrated in: Alabama, where 13 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 68 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 7 percent are found.
Roden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Roden has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roden last name grew 691 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 216 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 306 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 188 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 33 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Roden Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Roden surname is chiefly Catholic (68%) in Ireland and Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Roden last name are 17.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.4% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Roden earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 269.66% more than the national average, earning S/. 71,658 per year; in South Africa they earn 228.34% more than the national average, earning R 780,252 per year; in United States they earn 5.54% less than the national average, earning $40,760 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.44% more than the national average, earning $53,378 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Roden Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Roden in the Georgian language | ||
| როდენ | roden | - |
| Roden in the Hindi language | ||
| रोडें | rodem | - |
| Roden in the Marathi language | ||
| रोड | roda | - |
| Roden in the Russian language | ||
| Роден | roden | - |
| Roden in the Arabic language | ||
| رودن | rwdn | - |
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