How common is the surname O'Daniel?

2,767 people in the United States had the surname O'Daniel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,581 Americans. It ranked 11,395th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named O'Daniel?

W. Lee O'Daniel, American politician (1890–1969).

Where is the surname O'Daniel most common?

Wikidata records people named O'Daniel in the United States.

Is the surname O'Daniel getting more or less common?

More common. 2,679 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,767 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname O'Daniel

A surname, carried by 2,767 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O354

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). O'Daniel is more common than 93% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,767 people named O'Daniel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,581 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,679.

#11,395

rank among US surnames

2,767

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,904)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,388	Max	2,769	111,501
#11,393	Ickes	2,768	111,541
#11,395	Schneck	2,767	111,581
#11,402	Terhune	2,766	111,622
#11,404	Cremeans	2,765	111,662

Who is named O'Daniel

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named O'Daniel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous O'Daniels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

W. Lee O'Daniel
American politician (1890–1969)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like O'Daniel

O'Donnell

O'Daniel has the Soundex code O354, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O354.

Questions

How common is the surname O'Daniel?: 2,767 people in the United States had the surname O'Daniel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,581 Americans. It ranked 11,395th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname O'Daniel?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named O'Daniel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named O'Daniel?: W. Lee O'Daniel, American politician (1890–1969).
Where is the surname O'Daniel most common?: Wikidata records people named O'Daniel in the United States.
Is the surname O'Daniel getting more or less common?: More common. 2,679 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,767 in 2010, up 3.3%.