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    The surname Roeder

    A surname, carried by 6,742 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R360

    Roeder: #5,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roeder #5,185, 6,742 people Roeder: #5,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roeder #5,185, 6,742 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roeder is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    German surname, variant of Roder.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,742 people named Roeder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,794 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,561.

    #5,185
    rank among US surnames
    6,742
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,919)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,179Kidder6,74645,767
    #5,182Fulcher6,74545,774
    #5,184McMaster6,74445,781
    #5,185Roeder6,74245,794

    Who is named Roeder

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

    95% of people named Roeder identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Roeders

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert G. Roeder
      American biologist, born 1942

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roeder

    Roeder has the Soundex code R360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R360.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Roeder come from?
    German surname, variant of Roder.
    How common is the surname Roeder?
    6,742 people in the United States had the surname Roeder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,794 Americans. It ranked 5,185th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roeder?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Roeder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Roeder?
    Robert G. Roeder, American biologist.
    Where is the surname Roeder most common?
    Wikidata records people named Roeder in the United States.
    Is the surname Roeder getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,742 in 2010, up 2.8%.