Last Name ROAD

Summary/Contribute


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, Irish

Rank 119,644 (2000 US census)
Count 134 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.37%, or 101 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 8.21%, or 11 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 14.93%, or 20 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

 How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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