Rodnight Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Rodnight Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the road-knight,' a riding servitor or attendant on horseback. In feudal times rodknights were' certain servitors who held their lands by serving their lords on horseback' (Lower, Patronymica Britannica).

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Rodnight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:4,286,005132,302
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315

Rodnight Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the road-knight,' a riding servitor or attendant on horseback. In feudal times rodknights were' certain servitors who held their lands by serving their lords on horseback' (Lower, Patronymica Britannica). 'Rodknightes': Spelman's Gloss. The name still exists, though not in Lond. Directory I met the name in my own parish (Oct. 1885) at Conishead Priory Hydropathic Establishment among the list of visitors.

1586. Elizabeth Redknighte, relict of Thomas Redknighte, wax-chandler: Marriage Lic. (London).

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

V. Road(k)night.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Rodnight Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rodnight is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rodnight? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rodnight is the 4,427,875th most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Rodnight are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 95 percent are found in British Isles.

Rodnight is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 4,286,005. In England Rodnight is primarily found in: Buckinghamshire, where 85 percent live, Surrey, where 8 percent live and Greater London, where 8 percent live. Barring England Rodnight exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 30 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Rodnight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Rodnight has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 32 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Rodont711/
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Rodondi67435/
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Rodante67329/
Rodanat67113/
Rodanet6716/
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Rodnati677/
Rodente677/
Rodinta674/
Rodiant673/
Rodandi673/
Rodnett673/
Rodendough671/
Radanit671/
Rodonte671/
Rodnoot671/
Rodhnid671/
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