Rodeš families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Rodeš live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Varazdin (20), Cestica in Ivanec area (20), Petrijanec in Varazdin area (<10), Vratno Otok in Ivanec area (<10), and in Dugo Selo (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.