Last Name RODGER

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Meaning The son of Roger. The 'd' is, of course, intrusive.
The son of Roger. In Domesday Rogerus, county Norfolk. Exceedingly common in the 13th century all over the country, giving us the nicknames Hodge and Dodge, and through them Hodson, Hodgkins, Hodgkinson, etc. Roger vied with Robert, John, and William for popularity for several centuries. In France, too, the name was a favourite, the French proverb for 'There is a good time coning' being 'Roger Bon Temps.' Hodge at some point became an ENglish synonym for a peasant or agricultural labourer. Once a knightly name, Roger has fallen from his high estate, and is, as Joan, ever among the poor.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian

Rank 15,217 (2000 US census) 11,314 (1990 US census)
Count 1,775 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.54%, or 1465 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.07%, or 232 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.39%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.28%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.58%, or 28 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.14%, or 38 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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