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    The surname Ode

    A surname, carried by 524 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex O300

    Ode: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ode #41,501, 524 people Ode: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ode #41,501, 524 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ode is more common than 74.4% of them.

    Origin

    North/Low German and Swedish surname, shortened from various Germanic names containing the element Ode, such as Odebert, Oderich, Odeger, from the element *aud (“riches”). See also Ott.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 524 people named Ode in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 462.

    #41,501
    rank among US surnames
    524
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.4%
    change since 2000 (was #43,955)

    Who is named Ode

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

    78% of people named Ode identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ode

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ode come from?
    North/Low German and Swedish surname, shortened from various Germanic names containing the element Ode, such as Odebert, Oderich, Odeger, from the element *aud (“riches”). See also Ott.
    How common is the surname Ode?
    524 people in the United States had the surname Ode in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. It ranked 41,501st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ode?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Ode identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ode getting more or less common?
    More common. 462 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 524 in 2010, up 13%.