The Rhode surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,523 people carried this name — #9,237 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,482 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Rhode surname
For a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place so named.
From Middle English Rode, from Old English rod, rodu and/or Old English hrēod. The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification— was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rhode» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 124 people named Rhode.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Gironde.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
39 people named Rhode have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 52 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 1 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Rhode live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Rhode,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jakub Rhode d. 1602 · printer
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Franz Rhode 1500–1559 · printer
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Ambrosius Rhode 1577–1633 · astronomer
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Georgius Rhode 1600–1600
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Bernhard Rhode 1637–1680 · jurist
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Marcus Rhode 1640–1715 · jurist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rhode.
- Reynard 1,050 · U.S. census
- Reynaud 817 · U.S. census
- Reynes 199 · U.S. census
- Reynolds 200,247 · U.S. census
- Rezzonico 156 · U.S. census
- Rhein 1,871 · U.S. census
- Rhodes 90,670 · U.S. census
- Rhone 4,667 · U.S. census
- Riahi 285 · U.S. census
- Rias 588 · U.S. census
- Riat 156 · U.S. census
- Riba 346 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Rhode is.
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