# Rodger (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Roger.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,672 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,993 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 184,656 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.8% (1,775 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɒd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rodger 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rodger in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Rodger

- Elliot Rodger, American perpetratrator of the 2014 Isla Vista killings (1991–2014); popularizer of the in
- Struan Rodger, British actor

## Similar surnames

Rager, Roger, Reger, Rodgers, Roettger, Radhakrishnan, Redgrave, Rutgers.

## 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.