Last Name ROADES

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Meaning Local: At the roads, i.e. the cross-roads, the point where the roads meet. Also simply, 'at the road,' one who lived by the road-side. It was natural for people to live at the conjunction of roads, hence the plural form. Also, local, 'at the rode or rodes.'
Origin English, German, Irish

Rank 45,735 (2000 US census) 68,589 (1990 US census)
Count 440 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.23%, or 419 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.86%, or 17 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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