Odds Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Odds Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odds Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:1,211,26256,182
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Scotland61:892,30328,047
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Odds (12) may also be a first name.

Odds Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Odds Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Odds is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Odds.

How Common Is The Last Name Odds? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,718,748th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Odds reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 46 percent reside in British Isles. Odds is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.

Odds is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 1,211,262. In England Odds is most frequent in: Kent, where 41 percent are found, Berkshire, where 20 percent are found and Greater London, where 15 percent are found. Barring England this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent are found and Scotland, where 5 percent are found.

Odds Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Odds has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Odds last name expanded 230 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 237 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Odds Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Odds are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

Odds earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.85% less than the national average, earning $35,449 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hodds89586/
Godds892/
Odd861,579/
Ods8631/
Adds75641/
Hodd75624/
Gods75129/
Godd7578/
Odst7512/
Oddh757/
Ouds755/
Hods754/
Odsh753/
Odse753/
Ojdd752/
Oddz752/
Oods752/
Oodd751/
Oids751/
Oddp751/
Oddx751/
Odzs751/
Os676,350/
Od673,422/
Godts67816/
Hoods67224/
Goods67179/
Hoddø6794/
Gouds6752/
Hoddd6718/
Hoeds676/
Gadds675/
Godås675/
Goudd675/
Uddås674/
Hoyds672/
Hodse672/
Houds671/
Hotds671/
Hodts671/
Addse671/
Goddd671/
Oisds671/
Odtsh671/
Goodd671/
Asdds671/
Hudds670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Odds
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