The Roderick surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,039 people carried this name — #4,987 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,867 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Roderick surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Roderick’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 651 · public domain.

In print

Roderick in American newspapers,
1890–1901.

Newspaper page from The Scranton Tribune carrying the name Roderick
The Scranton Tribune 1901-03-08
Newspaper page from The Scranton Tribune carrying the name Roderick
The Scranton Tribune 1901-02-27
Newspaper page from The Beatrice Daily Express carrying the name Roderick
The Beatrice Daily Express 1890-01-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,348 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Roderick in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

17,934 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Roderick. The most, 3,498, date from the 1930s. Queensland has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 4.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 5,759
New South Wales 5,051
Victoria 4,291
South Australia 1,212
Tasmania 722
Western Australia 475
ACT (Canberra) 187
Northern Territory 135

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

Who carried it

People named Roderick,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Rhydderch 1673–1735 · poet
  • John Rhydderch 1673–1735 · poet
  • John Rhydderch 1673–1735 · poet
  • Richard Roderick 1710–1756 · poet
  • Thomas Roderick 1811– · bookbinder
  • Mary Roderick 1811– · bookbinder

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

In the public record

People named Roderick,
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 States667 records

667 records of the Roderick name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 279
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 123
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 111
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 63
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 55
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 17
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 15
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lionel E. Roderick

    Born 1919 in Maine. Enlisted 1941 at Waterville; poultry farmer from Kennebec County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Scott James Roderick

    Born 1945; from Caribou, Maine. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died in an accident 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Roderick

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the Thornton from Liverpool, aged 34; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 667 records for Roderick 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia138 records

138 records of the Roderick name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 57
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 47
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 24
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  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 Louis Roderick

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Munford in 1855.

    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 Manl Roderick

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Tasmania, aged 31; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Norman Frederick Roderick

    Retired assest controlle of Lal Lal, Victoria; died 2001.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 138 records for Roderick in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (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).

United Kingdom17 records

17 records of the Roderick name in the United Kingdom Welsh wills index cards
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Rees Roderick

    Will proved in 1935; of Cross Hands.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Rhys Edwin Roderick

    Will proved in 1941; of New Quay.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record David Roderick

    Will proved in 1929; of Swansea.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Roderick in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Roderick name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elija Roderick

    Died 1917 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Harold Cyril Joseph Roderick

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joseph A. Roderick

    Married 1879 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 10 records for Roderick in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Roderick 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 Joyce Roderick

    Born 1944 in the United Kingdom; died 1993 in Paris.

    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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