How common is the surname Rood?

6,254 people in the United States had the surname Rood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,368 Americans. It ranked 5,560th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rood?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rood?

Ogden Rood, American physicist (1831–1902), followed by Rick Rude.

Where is the surname Rood most common?

Wikidata records people named Rood in the United States.

Is the surname Rood getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,413 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,254 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Rood

A surname, carried by 6,254 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rood is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,254 people named Rood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,368 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,413.

#5,560

rank among US surnames

6,254

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,019)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,554	Oster	6,259	49,328
#5,555	Milne	6,258	49,336
#5,557	Gilligan	6,257	49,344
#5,560	Rood	6,254	49,368
#5,561	Dew	6,252	49,383

Who is named Rood

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

93% of people named Rood identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Roods

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ogden Rood
American physicist (1831–1902)
Rick Rude
American professional wrestler (1958–1999)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rood

Rood has the Soundex code R300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R300.

Questions

How common is the surname Rood?: 6,254 people in the United States had the surname Rood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,368 Americans. It ranked 5,560th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rood?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rood?: Ogden Rood, American physicist (1831–1902), followed by Rick Rude.
Where is the surname Rood most common?: Wikidata records people named Rood in the United States.
Is the surname Rood getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,413 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,254 in 2010, down 2.5%.