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The Roda surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 941 people carried this name — #26,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 12% from 839 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 6,693 people named Roda 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,175
Santa Fe 1,256
Entre Ríos 655
Córdoba 540
Chaco 533
Formosa 367
Corrientes 215
City of Buenos Aires 191

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

636 people named Roda have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 755 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

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Where they live today

Pomeranian 369
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 92
Warmian-Masurian 40
Silesian 31
Holy Cross 26
Greater Poland 24
Masovian 18
Lesser Poland 14

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 288 people named Roda.

121 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Hérault.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 121
Hérault 29
Alpes-Maritimes 17
Aude 16
Ariège 13
Landes 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 7
Paris 6
Haute-Garonne 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

69 people named Roda live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Ticino 16
Vaud 15
Valais 15
Lucerne 6
Zurich 6
Basel-Stadt 5
Geneva 3
Solothurn 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Roda,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alexander Roda Roda
    Alexander Roda Roda 1872–1945 · actor
  • Nadine Roda-Gil d. 1990 · painter
  • Agustí Roda i Navarro 1585–1640 · silversmith
  • Marcellino Roda 1814–1892 · landscape architect
  • Pietro Giuseppe Roda 1821–1895 · landscape architect
  • Fernando Roda González 1824–1900 · businessperson

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

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