How common is the surname O'Dea?

2,968 people in the United States had the surname O'Dea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,025 Americans. It ranked 10,751st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname O'Dea?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named O'Dea identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname O'Dea most common?

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

How do you pronounce O'Dea?

O'Dea is /oʊˈdiː/, 3 syllables.

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

More common. 2,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,968 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname O'Dea

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,968 people in the United States.

Pronounced /oʊˈdiː/ 3 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). O'Dea is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

O'Dea is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 2,968 people named O'Dea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,025 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,927.

#10,751

rank among US surnames

2,968

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,129)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,743	Fifer	2,971	103,920
#10,747	Manos	2,970	103,955
#10,748	Hocking	2,969	103,990
#10,751	Caffey	2,968	104,025
#10,755	Moloney	2,967	104,060
#10,756	Bellard	2,966	104,095
#10,758	Butera	2,965	104,130

Who is named O'Dea

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

95% of people named O'Dea identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous O'Deas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Judith O'Dea
Actress, born 1945

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like O'Dea

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

Other Irish surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname O'Dea come from?: Anglicisation of Irish Ó Deághaidh (“descendant of Deághadh”), a personal name held by tenth-century Irish chieftain, from deagh (“good”) + ádh (“luck, fate”).
How common is the surname O'Dea?: 2,968 people in the United States had the surname O'Dea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,025 Americans. It ranked 10,751st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname O'Dea?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named O'Dea identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named O'Dea?: Judith O'Dea, actress.
Where is the surname O'Dea most common?: Wikidata records people named O'Dea in the United States.
How do you pronounce O'Dea?: O'Dea is /oʊˈdiː/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is O'Dea?: O'Dea is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname O'Dea getting more or less common?: More common. 2,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,968 in 2010, up 1.4%.