About the Rode Surname

Rode sits within the Rohde family of names, which has German roots. Its meaning, shared with Rohde, is “Clearing”.

• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Rode with 3,363 bearers, at rank 9,648. French civil records give 1,037 births under the name Rode from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960. There were 60 such births in the 1890s and 97 in the 1990s.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• Without the “h” of Rohde, Rode is a simpler written form of the same name.
• Related forms: Rhode.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Rohde surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Rode report, with a museum-style coat of arms.