Last Name ROADS

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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, Jewish, German, Irish

Rank 35,994 (2000 US census) 32,966 (1990 US census)
Count 589 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 86.76%, or 511 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 8.15%, or 48 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.87%, or 11 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 2.21%, or 13 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest baby names

 We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

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Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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

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