How common is the surname Odom?

35,020 people in the United States had the surname Odom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,816 Americans. It ranked 996th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Odom?

Lamar Odom, American basketball player (born 1979), followed by Leslie Odom Jr..

Where is the surname Odom most common?

Wikidata records people named Odom in the United States.

Is the surname Odom getting more or less common?

More common. 33,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,020 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Odom

An English nickname surname, carried by 35,020 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Odom is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English odam (“son-in-law”), a nickname for someone who married the daughter of a prominent figure in the local community.

Odom is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

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 35,020 people named Odom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,816 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 33,717.

#996

rank among US surnames

35,020

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #953)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#987	Reyna	35,291	8,749
#988	Cantrell	35,266	8,755
#989	Mayo	35,228	8,764
#990	Branch	35,225	8,765
#991	Hendrix	35,194	8,773
#992	Rollins	35,132	8,788
#993	Rowland	35,121	8,791

Who is named Odom

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

69% of people named Odom identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Odoms

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lamar Odom
American basketball player (born 1979)
Leslie Odom Jr.
American actor and singer (born 1981)
Darius Johnson-Odom
American basketball player (born 1989)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Odum

Surnames that sound like Odom

Odum

Odom has the Soundex code O350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O350.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Odom come from?: From Middle English odam (“son-in-law”), a nickname for someone who married the daughter of a prominent figure in the local community.
How common is the surname Odom?: 35,020 people in the United States had the surname Odom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,816 Americans. It ranked 996th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Odom?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Odom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Odom?: Lamar Odom, American basketball player (born 1979), followed by Leslie Odom Jr..
Where is the surname Odom most common?: Wikidata records people named Odom in the United States.
What type of surname is Odom?: Odom is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Odom getting more or less common?: More common. 33,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,020 in 2010, up 3.9%.
What are other spellings of Odom?: Odum.