The Rodrigues surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 31,280 people carried this name — #1,122 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,430 people counted. That is up 17% from 26,652 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Rodrigues surname
From Portuguese Rodrigues (“son of Rodrigo”). Also from Spanish Rodrigues, variant spelling of Rodríguez. The island is named after Portuguese explorer Diogo Rodrigues (c. 1490–1577).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rodrigues» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
9,180 people named Rodrigues live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 4,651 people named Rodrigues 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,245 people named Rodrigues.
Most of them — 1,943 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 152 people named Rodrigues live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
47 people named Rodrigues have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 145 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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
106 people named Rodrigues is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Rodrigues in American newspapers,
1898–1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,044 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rodrigues,
with a public archive behind them.
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João Rodrigues de Sá 1355–1425 · diplomat -
João Rodrigues 1558–1633 · priest -
Estêvão Rodrigues de Castro 1560–1638 · physician -
Bernardo Rodrigues Nogueira 1695–1748 · Catholic priest -
Isaac Rodrigues-Henriques 1771–1846 · banker
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 203 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rodrigues.
- Rodi 610 · U.S. census
- Rodier 575 · U.S. census
- Rodin 761 · U.S. census
- Rodon 156 · U.S. census
- Rodrigo 1,401 · U.S. census
- Rodrigue 4,759 · U.S. census
- Rodriguez 1,094,924 · U.S. census
- Rodrique 115 · U.S. census
- Roe 25,286 · U.S. census
- Roeder 6,742 · U.S. census
- Roederer 375 · U.S. census
- Roehm 1,350 · U.S. census
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