Rod Family History
Rod Name Meaning
German: habitational name from any of several places named Rod,
or a topographic name for somene who lived in a woodland clearing,
from a derivative of Middle High German roden ‘to clear land
for cultivation’. Compare Rhodes.Norwegian
(Rød): habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so
named, from Old Norse ruð ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rod
Name Distribution of Rod Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rod families
 6 - 9  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rod families
|
16 - 29 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Rod last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rod census records
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Rod Family Origin
Rod Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Rod
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Rod Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Rod census records
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