Roderick Surname

41,313th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,647 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Roderick Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Roderick.'

Roderick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,0641:39,9894,921
Wales9261:3,342360
England9041:61,6357,273
Australia6631:40,7175,245
South Africa4621:117,26813,969
New Zealand1511:29,9895,243
Canada1311:281,26426,302
Israel751:114,10212,745
Trinidad and Tobago511:26,7452,882
Scotland301:178,4619,900
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
China61:227,886,92811,701
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
France21:33,211,361423,184
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Guam11:160,1214,893
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales8421:1,863128
England1961:124,36411,707
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0521:47,7365,464

Roderick (155,946) may also be a first name.

Roderick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Roderick.'

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Teutonic) Famous Ruler [Old Teutonic Hruodríc, Ruodríc, Hróðrik, etc. (mod. Ger. Roderich)-O.H.Ger. h)ruod- = Old Saxon *hróð- = Old English hróð- (hreð) = Old Norse hróð-r, fame, glory, victory + a deriv. of Old Teutonic rík-, a ruler, seen in Old Saxon ríki = Old English ríca = Gothic reik-s, a ruler] This Teutonic name is used as an Anglicization of the Irish Ruadhri, Gaelic Ruaridh-which are more often represented by Rory, q.v.-and of the Welsh Rhydderch, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Rich in Fame” in Old German (Hrodric). See Rorich and Rodriguez.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) Descendant of Roderick (famous, ruler).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Roderick Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Roderick Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Roderick is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Roderick click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Roderick? popularity and diffusion

Roderick is the 41,313th most widespread surname internationally, held by around 1 in 576,227 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Roderick reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 66 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 6,741st most common forename throughout the world, held by 155,946 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 9,064 people, or 1 in 39,989. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 12 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 11 percent are found and Missouri, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States Roderick exists in 67 countries. It is also found in Wales, where 7 percent are found and England, where 7 percent are found.

Roderick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Roderick has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Roderick surname increased 862 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 110 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 461 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 375 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 156 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Roderick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Roderick surname is chiefly Catholic (56%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Roderick last name are 0.11000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.34% being registered with the political party.

The amount Roderick earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 9.07% more than the national average, earning R 259,200 per year; in United States they earn 2.1% less than the national average, earning $42,243 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.63% less than the national average, earning $44,403 CAD per year.

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Roderick Reference & Research

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Roderick FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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