# Rodney (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,089 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,106 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 75,506 people |
| Change since 2000 | -36.1% (6,396 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɑdni/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English placename Hrōdanīeġ, Hrōdanīġ (literally “Hroda's island”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame”) and *awjō (“island”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rodney 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) | 42% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rodney in the United States.

## People named Rodney

- Caesar Rodney, American politician (1728-1784)
- Caesar Augustus Rodney, American politician (1772-1824)
- Daniel Rodney, American politician (1764-1846)

## Similar surnames

Roden, Rowden, Rodden, Rhoden, Redden, Retana, Redwine, Rutan, Roten, Rhoton, Rhoten, Reddin.

## 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.