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    The surname Rodney

    A place surname, carried by 4,089 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɹɑdni/ 2 syllables Soundex R350 Also a first name

    Rodney: #8,106 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rodney #8,106, 4,089 people Rodney: #8,106 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rodney #8,106, 4,089 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rodney is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

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

    Rodney is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,089 people named Rodney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,506 Americans. That is down 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,396.

    #8,106
    rank among US surnames
    4,089
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -36.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,034)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,101Burrus4,09475,414
    #8,102Kania4,09275,451
    #8,103June4,09175,469
    #8,106Llanos4,08975,506
    #8,110Dunson4,08875,525
    #8,113Deans4,08775,543

    Who is named Rodney

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

    51% of people named Rodney identified as Black (not Hispanic), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • White (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Rodneys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rodney

    Rodney has the Soundex code R350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R350.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rodney come from?
    From Old English placename Hrōdanīeġ, Hrōdanīġ (literally “Hroda's island”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame”) and *awjō (“island”).
    How common is the surname Rodney?
    4,089 people in the United States had the surname Rodney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,506 Americans. It ranked 8,106th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rodney?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Rodney identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rodney?
    Caesar Rodney, American politician (1728-1784), followed by Caesar Augustus Rodney.
    Where is the surname Rodney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rodney in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Rodney?
    Rodney is /ˈɹɑdni/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Rodney?
    Rodney is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Rodney getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,396 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,089 in 2010, down 36%.
    Is Rodney also a first name?
    Yes. Rodney is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.