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UK surname

Roddis

In the 1881 census there were 553 people recorded with the Roddis surname, ranking it #6,244 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 857, ranked #6,537, down from #6,244 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to London parishes, Pertenhall, Little Staughton, Bolnhurst (Riseley, Bedfordshire), Keysoe (Riseley, Bedfordshire) and Northampton St Giles, Northampton St Sepulchre, Northampton Priory. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Rotherham, North East Derbyshire and Huntingdonshire.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Roddis is 966 in 1998. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 55.0%.

1881 census count

553

Ranked #6,244

Modern count

857

2016, ranked #6,537

Peak year

1998

966 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Roddis had 553 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #6,244 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 857 in 2016, ranked #6,537.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 850 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Roddis surname distribution map

The map shows where the Roddis surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Roddis surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Roddis over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 288 #7,884
1861 historical 303 #8,365
1881 historical 553 #6,244
1891 historical 621 #6,225
1901 historical 717 #6,159
1911 historical 850 #5,222
1997 modern 941 #5,762
1998 modern 966 #5,836
1999 modern 963 #5,888
2000 modern 914 #6,113
2001 modern 895 #6,112
2002 modern 929 #6,041
2003 modern 905 #6,063
2004 modern 912 #6,031
2005 modern 889 #6,079
2006 modern 873 #6,183
2007 modern 869 #6,269
2008 modern 886 #6,206
2009 modern 887 #6,335
2010 modern 900 #6,382
2011 modern 908 #6,281
2012 modern 884 #6,328
2013 modern 885 #6,425
2014 modern 882 #6,474
2015 modern 869 #6,486
2016 modern 857 #6,537

Geography

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Where Roddis' are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around London parishes, Pertenhall, Little Staughton, Bolnhurst (Riseley, Bedfordshire), Keysoe (Riseley, Bedfordshire), Northampton St Giles, Northampton St Sepulchre, Northampton Priory, Sheffield and Rotherham. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Rotherham, North East Derbyshire and Huntingdonshire. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 London parishes London 3
2 Pertenhall, Little Staughton, Bolnhurst (Riseley, Bedfordshire), Keysoe (Riseley, Bedfordshire) Huntingdonshire
3 Northampton St Giles, Northampton St Sepulchre, Northampton Priory Northamptonshire
4 Sheffield Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Rotherham Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Rotherham 021 Rotherham
2 Rotherham 028 Rotherham
3 North East Derbyshire 011 North East Derbyshire
4 Rotherham 015 Rotherham
5 Huntingdonshire 015 Huntingdonshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Roddis

These lists show first names that appear often with the Roddis surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Roddis

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Roddis, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities

Group

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Roddis surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Roddis household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Wider pattern

Pervasive throughout the UK, members of this Supergroup typically own (or are buying) their detached, semi-detached or terraced homes. They are also typically educated to A Level/Highers or degree level and work in skilled or professional occupations. Typically born in the UK, some families have children, although the median adult age is above 45 and some property has become under-occupied after children have left home. This Supergroup is pervasive not only in suburban locations, but also in neighbourhoods at or beyond the edge of cities that adjoin rural parts of the country.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Roddis is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Roddis is most concentrated in decile 9 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the healthier end of the index.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Roddis falls in decile 1 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Roddis is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 50-60 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Roddis, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Roddis families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Roddis surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Yorkshire leads with 190 Roddis' recorded in 1881 and an index of 3.55x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 190 3.55x
Northamptonshire 118 23.26x
Warwickshire 60 4.41x
Lancashire 41 0.64x
Bedfordshire 31 11.10x
Middlesex 28 0.52x
Surrey 21 0.80x
Huntingdonshire 10 9.34x
Derbyshire 9 1.07x
Sussex 7 0.77x
Cheshire 6 0.50x
Kent 5 0.27x
Lanarkshire 5 0.29x
Hampshire 4 0.36x
Hertfordshire 4 1.08x
Buckinghamshire 2 0.61x
Essex 2 0.19x
Leicestershire 2 0.33x
Nottinghamshire 2 0.28x
Berkshire 1 0.25x
Glamorgan 1 0.11x
Lincolnshire 1 0.12x
Norfolk 1 0.12x
Somerset 1 0.12x
Staffordshire 1 0.05x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Whiston in Yorkshire leads with 35 Roddis' recorded in 1881 and an index of 1361.87x.

Place Total Index
Whiston 35 1361.87x
Kimberworth 30 101.11x
Pertenhall 29 4677.42x
Sheffield 27 15.87x
Paulerspury 22 1042.65x
Laughton En Le Morthen 21 1707.32x
Aston 14 3.74x
Leamington Priors 14 41.83x
Oldham 14 6.78x
Shoreditch London 14 5.99x
Ecclesall Bierlow 13 11.96x
Lambeth 13 2.76x
Northampton Priory St 13 42.69x
Rugby 12 65.22x
Wickersley 12 810.81x
Brightside Bierlow 10 9.54x
Northampton St Giles 10 51.73x
Long Stow 9 3214.29x
Saddleworth 9 21.83x
Birmingham 8 1.76x
Ecton 8 701.75x
Leamington 8 88.79x
Toxteth Park 8 3.69x
Ashton Under Lyne 7 5.00x
Attercliffe Cum Darnall 7 14.06x
Hastings St Mary In The 7 36.08x
Openshaw 7 23.35x
Catcliffe 6 800.00x
Northampton All Sts 6 34.84x
Preston Deanery 6 3000.00x
Barony 5 1.13x
Hartwell 5 537.63x
Helmdon 5 510.20x
Lockwood 5 26.00x
Newington 5 2.51x
Northampton St Peter 5 162.34x
Rotherham 5 16.59x
Tintwistle 5 78.62x
Unstone 5 150.60x
Ashton In Potterspury 4 666.67x
Burton Latimer 4 130.29x
Duston 4 86.77x
Eckington 4 19.49x
Hackney London 4 1.32x
Nether Hallam 4 5.53x
Northampton St Sepulchre 4 15.50x
Poplar London 4 3.93x
Yelvertoft 4 430.11x
Ardwick 3 5.20x
Bugbrooke 3 180.72x
Greenwich 3 3.49x
Southampton St Mary 3 4.31x
Watford 3 10.41x
Bradwell 2 43.57x
Chelsea London 2 1.23x
Chelsfield 2 113.64x
Clapham 2 2.97x
Eastwood 2 30.77x
Farthingstone 2 350.88x
Grafton Regis 2 645.16x
Higham Ferrers 2 72.46x
Islington London 2 0.38x
Mexborough 2 18.85x
North Meols 2 3.19x
Peterborough 2 5.45x
Warwick St Mary 2 16.93x
West Ham 2 0.85x
Bradfield 1 4.85x
Courteenhall 1 303.03x
Ecclesfield 1 2.55x
Grantham 1 8.90x
Great Budworth 1 47.39x
Great Houghton 1 163.93x
Hillmorton 1 41.15x
Launde 1 833.33x
Lichfield Close 1 232.56x
North Kilworth 1 120.48x
Upton 1 129.87x
Wyke In Bradford 1 10.46x
Yardley Gobion 1 91.74x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Roddis surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Mary 49
Elizabeth 15
Sarah 13
Emma 11
Jane 11
Ann 10
Alice 9
Annie 9
Fanny 8
Hannah 8
Ellen 7
Emily 7
Ada 6
Eliza 6
Kate 6
Harriet 4
Rebecca 4
Gertrude 3
Harriett 3
Louisa 3
Catherine 2
Dinah 2
Elizth. 2
Flora 2
Frances 2
Lizzie 2
Lucy 2
Maria 2
Prudence 2
Rose 2
Susanah 2
Susanna 2
Anette 1
Angela 1
Bella 1
Betsy 1
Capel 1
Caroline 1
E.J. 1
Edith 1
Effie 1
Eleanor 1
Elisabeth 1
Elizth 1
Harruette 1
Helen 1
Henrietta 1
Isabel 1
Isabella 1
Zillah 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Roddis surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
John 33
William 28
Joseph 22
Thomas 22
George 20
James 12
Henry 9
Arthur 8
Frederick 7
Walter 7
Albert 6
Charles 6
Alfred 5
Frank 5
Edward 4
Harry 4
Samuel 4
Ernest 3
Fredk. 3
Herbert 3
Jas. 3
Robert 3
Sam 3
Wm. 3
Benjamin 2
Capel 2
Francis 2
Fred 2
Geo. 2
Jonas 2
Leonard 2
Reuben 2
Richard 2
Saml. 2
Benj. 1
Charlie 1
Chas. 1
Daniel 1
Edwin 1
Fredrick 1
Jacob 1
Josept 1
Josh. 1
Kate 1
Lewis 1
Mark 1
Mathew 1
Nelson 1
Percy 1
Wm.Hy. 1

FAQ

Roddis surname: questions and answers

How common was the Roddis surname in 1881?

In 1881, 553 people were recorded with the Roddis surname. That placed it at #6,244 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Roddis surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 857 in 2016. That gives Roddis a modern rank of #6,537.

What does the Roddis map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Roddis bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.