Rod is used as a family name or surname in Dominican Republic. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rod
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Dominican Republic
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Rod

How popular is Rod?

Rod is common in Dominican Republic.

Rod is ranked 20014 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Rods grew by 16.73307 per cent to 1465 since 2000 and ranked 18734 after elevating 1094 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 48.67 61.67
Hispanic or Latino 47.17 33.47
Black 1.77 1.83
Others 1.3 1.59
Rod is quite popular family name mostly used in Mexico while Dominican Republic is ahead in terms of density. Around 25961 people have been found who wears Rod as their family name. Rod is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
48,950 Moldova6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
4,997 Bangladesh4
22,232 Morocco3
14,054 China3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
7,294 Kuwait3
6,779 Nicaragua3
5,300 Syria2
41,879 Turkey2
40,064 Nigeria2
24,766 Scotland2
4,086 Angola2
1,753 Cuba2
18,035 Egypt2
7,299 Estonia2
6,266 Luxembourg2
5,139 Bolivia2
3,670 Mozambique2
3,871 Paraguay2
6,900 Oman2
24,176 Qatar1
10,683 Cyprus1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
4,249 Cambodia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
6,033 Benin1
2,190 Barbados1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
11,923 Slovenia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
3,350 Fiji1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
14,644 Tunisia1
7,292 Vietnam1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
17,768 Pakistan1
692 Guinea1
17,236 Ghana1
9,498 Iceland1
16,640 Hong Kong1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
26,164 Sweden36
43,662 Belgium30
9,692 Ireland27
80,267 Kazakhstan24
3,664 Costa Rica16
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,768 New Zealand92
8,986 Norway85
19,740 Romania84
17,910 Belarus78
4,526 Singapore71
5,257 Wales68
1,993 Thailand52
Countries with hundreds of Rod:
1,768 Guatemala800
14,568 France649
16,171 Germany639
3,518 Colombia611
1,778 Switzerland585
11,594 Algeria536
3,696 Venezuela502
3,435 Czech Republic488
35,212 Russia431
16,034 South Africa384
915 Puerto Rico313
17,618 England312
1,386 El Salvador301
1,570 Honduras296
7,448 Peru285
1,416 Panama261
35,595 Italy246
24,102 Poland239
25,372 Ukraine216
12,720 Australia215
2,337 Uruguay208
2,885 Portugal203
2,942 Denmark202
9,896 Greece197
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
5,873 Israel188
19,254 Canada187
11,447 Malaysia152
6,815 Chile144
5,401 Ecuador138
134,000 India136
4,581 Lithuania135
8,562 Slovakia124
6,954 Croatia117
24,167 Spain114
9,004 United Arab Emirates107
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Rod:
1,766 Mexico5,680
13,544 United States2,536
7,328 Brazil1,908
4,916 Argentina1,060
14,316 Philippines1,031
8,784 Iran1,024
924 Dominican Republic1,009
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Maria Giuseppa Rod hailed from Italy. 29 years old embarked for Pennsylvania from Genoa, Gibraltar & Naples on Normannia and arrived on March 20, 1895.

Rod Namesakes

  • Aaron Rodgers, Football quarterback
  • Abby Rode, Actress
  • Nelson Rodrigues, Playwright
  • Luis Abdón Rodríguez, Soccer player
  • Abel Rodríguez, Actor
  • Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Former President of Mexico
  • Abelardo Louis Rodriguez, Lucille Bremer's ex-husband
  • Abril Rodríguez, Actress
  • Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, Professional Boxer
  • Adalberto dos Santos Rodrigues, Soccer player
  • In 1969, Rico Rod portrayed the role of N in comedy movie Mhoji Ghorkan'n.

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