How common is the surname Odell?

31,349 people in the United States had the surname Odell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,849 Americans. It ranked 1,117th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Odell?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Odell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Odell?

Tony O'Dell, American actor (born 1960), followed by Scott O'Dell.

Where is the surname Odell most common?

Wikidata records people named Odell in the United States.

Is the surname Odell getting more or less common?

More common. 30,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,349 in 2010, up 1.3%.

Is Odell also a first name?

Yes. Odell 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 Odell

A surname, carried by 31,349 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O340 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Odell is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,349 people named Odell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,849 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,951.

#1,117

rank among US surnames

31,349

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,034)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,108	Pickett	31,611	9,767
#1,109	Aguilera	31,581	9,776
#1,110	Carrasco	31,575	9,778
#1,112	Donahue	31,563	9,782
#1,113	Kinney	31,558	9,783
#1,114	Donnelly	31,505	9,800
#1,115	Britt	31,474	9,810

Who is named Odell

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

91% of people named Odell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Odells

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tony O'Dell
American actor (born 1960)
Scott O'Dell
American children's writer (1898–1989)
Jennifer O'Dell
American actress (1974-)
Nancy O'Dell
American television host and entertainment journalist, born 1966
Benjamin Barker Odell Jr.
American politician (1854–1926)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Odele
Odle

Surnames that sound like Odell

Odell has the Soundex code O340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O340.

Questions

How common is the surname Odell?: 31,349 people in the United States had the surname Odell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,849 Americans. It ranked 1,117th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Odell?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Odell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Odell?: Tony O'Dell, American actor (born 1960), followed by Scott O'Dell.
Where is the surname Odell most common?: Wikidata records people named Odell in the United States.
Is the surname Odell getting more or less common?: More common. 30,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,349 in 2010, up 1.3%.
What are other spellings of Odell?: Odele and Odle.
Is Odell also a first name?: Yes. Odell 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.