The Rhoden surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,187 people carried this name — #5,617 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,600 people counted. That is up 10% from 5,638 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Rhoden surname

As a surname in the United Kingdom

Harrison classes it as an English name: ‘Dweller at the Roe-Valley’.

Harrison gives Rhoden for Roden; also “the Reedy Valley”.

From Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. II (London: The Morland Press, 1918), p. 119 · public domain.

In the Nordic population registers

71 people named Rhoden is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 71

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Rhoden in American newspapers,
1890–1915.

Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Rhoden
Omaha Daily Bee 1915-11-26
Newspaper page from Illinois Staats-zeitung carrying the name Rhoden
Illinois Staats-zeitung 1890-06-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,314 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rhoden in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

3,679 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rhoden. The most, 776, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 4.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 3,350
New South Wales 230
Queensland 51
Western Australia 16
South Australia 13
Tasmania 13
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rhoden.

Who carried it

People named Rhoden,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rudolf Klein-Rhoden 1871–1936 · actor
  • Rudolf Klein-Rhoden 1871–1936 · actor
  • Hans Rhoden 1882–1931 · actor
  • Philip Rhoden 1914–2003 · lawyer
  • Myrtle A. Rhoden 1921–2005 · military personnel
  • George Rhoden 1926–2024 · sprinter

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rhoden,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States291 records

291 records of the Rhoden name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 192
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donis E. Rhoden

    Born 1933; from Harris County, Texas. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North Korea. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edgar N. Rhoden

    Born 1916 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio; welder from Wyandot County, Ohio. U.S. Army veteran; died 1997, buried at Kehoe Cemetery, Greenup, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary-Ann Rhoden

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the George Green from Liverpool, aged 50; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 291 records for Rhoden in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia52 records

52 records of the Rhoden name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 20
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 19
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 9
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Henry Rhoden

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Roslyn Castle, sailing from Downs in 1828. Native of Market Drayton, Shropshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1846.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Rhoden

    Arrived in Queensland in 1876 aboard the Eastminster, aged 8.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Gertrude Rhoden

    Stenographer of Malvern, Victoria; died 1967.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 52 records for Rhoden in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Germany20 records

20 records of the Rhoden name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Rhoden

    From Südgeorgefehn, Leer. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 2 July 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Charles Rhoden

    From Cöln-Deutz. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 25 October 1914.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 20 records for Rhoden in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands9 records

9 records of the Rhoden name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 7
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Aaltje Rhoden

    Born 1885 in Kerkenveld. Married in 1909 in Hoogeveen. Died 1921 in Hoogeveen, aged 36.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Mathijas Rhoden

    Born 1820 in Klimmen.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Hindrik Rhoden

    Buried in 1808 in Groningen.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Rhoden in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France2 records

2 records of the Rhoden name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Didier Louis Gaston Rhoden

    Born 1954 in Sedan; died 1976 in Sedan (Ardennes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Roberte Henriette Rhoden

    Born 1912 in Paris; died 1996 in Sarreguemines (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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