Rhodes Name Meaning: Believed to originate from the Anglo-Saxon word 'rod' meaning a 'clearing of land' for cultivation or a 'woodland clearing'
A name for someone who lived or worked on a clearing of land for cultivation, may have also been taken from a place name similar to the word 'Rhodes', such as Rode.
Discover how your Rhodes ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 4 |
Buckinghamshire | 26 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 45 |
Channel Islands | 4 |
Cheshire | 269 |
Cornwall | 12 |
Cumberland | 6 |
Derbyshire | 213 |
Devon | 26 |
Dorset | 2 |
Durham | 29 |
Essex | 29 |
Gloucestershire | 23 |
Hampshire | 23 |
Herefordshire | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 30 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 8 |
Isle of Man | 3 |
Kent | 65 |
Lancashire | 1,247 |
Leicestershire | 15 |
Lincolnshire | 228 |
London | 365 |
Middlesex | 26 |
Northumberland | 18 |
Norfolk | 47 |
Northamptonshire | 8 |
Nottinghamshire | 218 |
Oxfordshire | 8 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 8 |
Shropshire | 95 |
Suffolk | 9 |
Somerset | 11 |
Surrey | 67 |
Sussex | 96 |
Staffordshire | 580 |
Warwickshire | 176 |
Westmorland | 9 |
Wiltshire | 12 |
Worcestershire | 65 |
Yorkshire | 4,425 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 2 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 1 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 6 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,053 |
Agricultural Labourer | 127 |
Coal Miner | 111 |
At Home | 103 |
House Servant | 97 |
Dress Maker | 80 |
Labourer | 77 |
Power Loom Weaver | 74 |
Stone Mason | 57 |
Wool Comber | 53 |
House Keeper | 48 |
Servant | 48 |
Weaver | 43 |
Woollen Weaver | 43 |
Annuitant | 36 |
Shoe Maker | 35 |
Farm Labourer | 34 |
Butcher | 34 |
Farmer | 30 |
Nurse | 29 |
General Servant | 29 |
Blacksmith | 28 |
Clothier | 28 |
Pauper | 27 |
Cotton Weaver | 26 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Rhodes | 6,651 |
John Rhodes | 5,980 |
William Rhodes | 5,673 |
Sarah Rhodes | 4,056 |
Elizabeth Rhodes | 3,738 |
George Rhodes | 3,420 |
Thomas Rhodes | 3,199 |
James Rhodes | 3,055 |
Ann Rhodes | 2,443 |
Joseph Rhodes | 2,409 |
Hannah Rhodes | 1,969 |
Charles Rhodes | 1,751 |
Jane Rhodes | 1,694 |
Annie Rhodes | 1,680 |
Alice Rhodes | 1,547 |
Samuel Rhodes | 1,489 |
Martha Rhodes | 1,361 |
Emma Rhodes | 1,355 |
Henry Rhodes | 1,322 |
Eliza Rhodes | 1,164 |
Ellen Rhodes | 1,109 |
Arthur Rhodes | 1,063 |
Emily Rhodes | 1,061 |
Robert Rhodes | 941 |
Albert Rhodes | 877 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Rhodes | 100% | 100,085 |
2 | Roads | 50% | 3,653 |
3 | Rhoades | 86% | 3,433 |
4 | Roades | 67% | 709 |
5 | Rhodas | 83% | 595 |
6 | Rodes | 83% | 531 |
7 | Rhoads | 67% | 386 |
8 | Roddes | 67% | 369 |
9 | Rhods | 83% | 291 |
10 | Rhades | 83% | 100 |
The surname Rhodes is the most popular version of all its varients