Rodier surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Rodier surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 571 people carried this name — #36,860 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,883 people named Rodier.

36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 36
Paris 305
Puy-de-Dôme 300
Lozère 229
Hérault 170
Haute-Loire 166
Vienne 139
Cantal 132
Gard 126

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Rodier live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 7
Vaud 6
Zurich 6
Neuchâtel 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Rodier is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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