How common is the surname Odum?

4,381 people in the United States had the surname Odum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,474 Americans. It ranked 7,585th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Odum?

Howard T. Odum, American ecologist (1924–2002), followed by Jake Odum.

Where is the surname Odum most common?

Wikidata records people named Odum in the United States.

Is the surname Odum getting more or less common?

More common. 4,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,381 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Odum

A surname, carried by 4,381 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). Odum is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

Variant of Odom.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,381 people named Odum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,474 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,128.

#7,585

rank among US surnames

4,381

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,436)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,580	Mars	4,384	70,426
#7,582	Vanhouten	4,383	70,442
#7,584	Wilfong	4,382	70,458
#7,585	Eidson	4,381	70,474
#7,589	Curcio	4,380	70,490
#7,591	Simmonds	4,379	70,506

Who is named Odum

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

67% of people named Odum identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Odums

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Howard T. Odum
American ecologist (1924–2002)
Jake Odum
American basketball player (born 1991)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Odum

Odom

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

Questions

Where does the surname Odum come from?: Variant of Odom.
How common is the surname Odum?: 4,381 people in the United States had the surname Odum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,474 Americans. It ranked 7,585th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Odum?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Odum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Odum?: Howard T. Odum, American ecologist (1924–2002), followed by Jake Odum.
Where is the surname Odum most common?: Wikidata records people named Odum in the United States.
Is the surname Odum getting more or less common?: More common. 4,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,381 in 2010, up 6.1%.