# O'Dea (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/odea/  
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 Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,968 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,751 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 104,025 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (2,927 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /oʊˈdiː/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicisation of Irish Ó Deághaidh (“descendant of Deághadh”), a personal name held by tenth-century Irish chieftain, from deagh (“good”) + ádh (“luck, fate”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named O'Dea 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

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

## People named O'Dea

- Judith O'Dea, actress

## Similar surnames

Oday, Oda, Odeh, Ode, Ott, Otto, Otte, Oddo, Otey, Ota, 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.