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    The surname Oddy

    An English surname, carried by 343 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O300

    Oddy: #59,017 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Oddy #59,017, 343 people Oddy: #59,017 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Oddy #59,017, 343 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oddy is more common than 63.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    English surname, from Middle English Ode, shortened from various Germanic names containing the element Ode, such as Odebert, Oderich, Odeger, from the element *aud (“riches”). Compare also Ott.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 343 people named Oddy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 900,133 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 334.

    #59,017
    rank among US surnames
    343
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #57,090)

    Who is named Oddy

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

    94% of people named Oddy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Oddy

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Oddy come from?
    English surname, from Middle English Ode, shortened from various Germanic names containing the element Ode, such as Odebert, Oderich, Odeger, from the element *aud (“riches”). Compare also Ott.
    How common is the surname Oddy?
    343 people in the United States had the surname Oddy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 900,133 Americans. It ranked 59,017th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oddy?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Oddy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Oddy getting more or less common?
    More common. 334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 343 in 2010, up 2.7%.