How common is the surname Oday?

3,688 people in the United States had the surname Oday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,716 Americans. It ranked 8,878th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Oday?

Anita O'Day, American jazz singer (1919–2006), followed by Aubrey O'Day.

Where is the surname Oday most common?

Wikidata records people named Oday in the United States.

Is the surname Oday getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,688 in 2010, down 0.7%.

Is Oday also a first name?

Yes. Oday is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Oday

An Irish surname, carried by 3,688 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oday is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Borrowed from Arabic عُدَي (ʕuday).

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,688 people named Oday in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,716 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,713.

#8,878

rank among US surnames

3,688

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,217)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,872	Phares	3,691	83,648
#8,873	Gailey	3,690	83,671
#8,875	Laflamme	3,689	83,694
#8,878	Stanger	3,688	83,716
#8,882	Geddes	3,687	83,739
#8,885	Hollon	3,686	83,762

Who is named Oday

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

93% of people named Oday identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Odays

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anita O'Day
American jazz singer (1919–2006)
Aubrey O'Day
American singer and reality television personality, born 1984
Molly O'Day
American actress (1909–1998)
Darren O'Day
American college baseball player, professional baseball player, pitcher, born 1982
Nell O'Day
Actress (1909-1989)
Alan O'Day
American male singer-songwriter (1940-2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Oday

Oday has the Soundex code O300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O300.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Oday come from?: Borrowed from Arabic عُدَي (ʕuday).
How common is the surname Oday?: 3,688 people in the United States had the surname Oday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,716 Americans. It ranked 8,878th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Oday?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Oday identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Oday?: Anita O'Day, American jazz singer (1919–2006), followed by Aubrey O'Day.
Where is the surname Oday most common?: Wikidata records people named Oday in the United States.
Is the surname Oday getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,688 in 2010, down 0.7%.
Is Oday also a first name?: Yes. Oday is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.