The Rod surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,465 people carried this name — #18,734 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 17% from 1,255 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
464 people named Rod live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Rod.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Moselle.
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
88 people named Rod have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 115 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
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 the Nordic population registers
1,457 people named Rod is counted in Norway.
Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Rod,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edouard Rod 1857–1910 · writer -
Francis Rod 1887–1926 · athletics competitor -
František Rod 1902–1950 -
Jaroslav Rod 1897–1941
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Emil Rod 1905–
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Jan Rod 1920–2004 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rod.
- Rochette 770 · U.S. census
- Rochez 416 · U.S. census
- Rochon 2,573 · U.S. census
- Rock 19,313 · U.S. census
- Rocklin 287 · U.S. census
- Rocque 540 · U.S. census
- Roda 941 · U.S. census
- Rodde 103 · U.S. census
- Rode 3,363 · U.S. census
- Rodella 112 · U.S. census
- Rodenas 155 · U.S. census
- Roder 1,506 · U.S. census
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