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 | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 21 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 41 |
Channel Islands | 4 |
Cheshire | 289 |
Cornwall | 9 |
Cumberland | 8 |
Derbyshire | 220 |
Devon | 37 |
Dorset | 0 |
Durham | 29 |
Essex | 15 |
Gloucestershire | 23 |
Hampshire | 22 |
Herefordshire | 3 |
Hertfordshire | 46 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 7 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 92 |
Lancashire | 1,790 |
Leicestershire | 10 |
Lincolnshire | 181 |
London | 387 |
Middlesex | 17 |
Northumberland | 21 |
Norfolk | 39 |
Northamptonshire | 30 |
Nottinghamshire | 233 |
Oxfordshire | 11 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 7 |
Shropshire | 105 |
Suffolk | 15 |
Somerset | 3 |
Surrey | 86 |
Sussex | 131 |
Staffordshire | 568 |
Warwickshire | 199 |
Westmorland | 12 |
Wiltshire | 2 |
Worcestershire | 78 |
Yorkshire | 4,868 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 8 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 3 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 0 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 1 |
Pembrokeshire | 1 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,611 |
Coal Miner | 157 |
Cotton Weaver | 134 |
Agricultural Labourer | 111 |
Woollen Weaver | 74 |
House Keeper | 73 |
Labourer | 71 |
House Servant | 67 |
Dress Maker | 66 |
Stone Mason | 54 |
Servant | 51 |
Carter | 49 |
Worsted Weaver | 47 |
Butcher | 37 |
Woollen Cloth Weaver | 36 |
Cotton Piecer | 34 |
Worsted Spinner | 32 |
Laundress | 31 |
Blacksmith | 31 |
Farmers Wife | 30 |
Domestic Servant | 30 |
Potter | 30 |
General Servant | 29 |
Farmers Son | 28 |
Cotton Spinner | 28 |
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