# Rhode (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rhode/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place so named.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,523 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,237 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 87,637 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (3,482 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Rode, from Old English rod, rodu and/or Old English hrēod. The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification— was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rhode in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Rhoda, Rohde, Rode, Rod, Reed, Reid, Roth, Root, Read, Rudd, Ruth, Redd.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.