Last Name RHOADS

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Meaning	Local: Of Rhodes. Many of the Manchester Rhodes hail from Rhodes, two estates, one between restwich and Ringley, and the other near Middleton. Probably both local terms are equivalent to 'royds' and imply an early 'ridding.' Also, local, 'at the roads,' i.e. cross-roads. Here the 'h' is intrusive. This was a common Yorkshire entry, and explains the large number of Rhodes in the West Riding Directories.

Origin	English

Rank	2,557 (2000 US census)	2,709 (1990 US census)

Count	13,008 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.36%, or 12404 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.88%, or 114 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 62 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.63%, or 82 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.35%, or 176 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.3%, or 169 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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