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Early Origins of the Roder family

The surname Roder was first found in Languedoc, where the family has held a family seat since very early times.

Early History of the Roder family

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Roder Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rodez, Roder, Rodaiz, Rodais, Rodet, Rauddez, Rauder, Raudet and many more.

Early Notables of the Roder family

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Roder Ranking

In the United States, the name Roder is the 18,477th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Roder migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Roder Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Richard Roder, who landed in Virginia in 1711 2
  • Adam Roder, who arrived in America in 1724 2
  • Jacob Roder moved to Philadelphia in 1747
  • Jacob Roder, who settled in Philadelphia in 1747
  • Jacob Roder, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1747 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Roder Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Christian Roder, aged 41, who arrived in America in 1839 2
  • Anna Rosina Roder, aged 44, who landed in America in 1840 2
  • Daniel Roder, who landed in Texas in 1846 2
  • Michael Roder, aged 23, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1847 2
  • Christoph Roder, who landed in America in 1852 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Canada Roder migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Roder Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Conrad Roder, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1757

Bismarck
  • Horst Röder (1918-1941), German Verwaltungsmaat who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 3


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details


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