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The surname Rhodus

A surname, carried by 1,193 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R320

Rhodus: #21,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rhodus #21,790, 1,193 people Rhodus: #21,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rhodus #21,790, 1,193 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rhodus is more common than 86.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,193 people named Rhodus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,069.

#21,790
rank among US surnames
1,193
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+11.6%
change since 2000 (was #22,461)

Who is named Rhodus

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Rhodus identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 97%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
  • Two or more races 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rhodus

Rhodus has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

Questions

How common is the surname Rhodus?
1,193 people in the United States had the surname Rhodus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. It ranked 21,790th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rhodus?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Rhodus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rhodus getting more or less common?
More common. 1,069 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,193 in 2010, up 12%.