# Oda (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/oda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Japanese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,765 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,327 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 174,927 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (1,747 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Oda.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Oda in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 64% |
| Two or more races | 9.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Oda in Japan and the United States.

## People named Oda

- Oda Nobuhide, a warlord and magistrate of lower Owari Province during the Sengoku period of Japan
- Sophie Oda, American actress

## Similar surnames

Oday, O'Dea, Ode, Ott, Otto, Otte, Oddo, Otey, Ota, Odeh, Oddy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.