Odums Surname

553,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 576 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Odums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4701:771,18959,919
Nigeria1011:1,753,88963,997
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Odums (25) may also be a first name.

Odums Last Name Facts

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

Odums is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odums? popularity and diffusion

The surname Odums is the 553,576th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 12,651,989 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Odums live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. Odums is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 25 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 470 people, or 1 in 771,189. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 14 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Louisiana, where 12 percent live. Other than The United States it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Odums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Odums has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Odums surname expanded 15,667 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Odums Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Odums last name are 12.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.18% being registered to vote for the political party.

Odums earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.51% less than the national average, earning $37,749 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odoms801,399/
Oduns8045/
Odims8044/
Adums8031/
Edums805/
Udums801/
Odunse7312/
Addums738/
Odomms733/
Odoems731/
Odumze731/
Goduns731/
Adumse731/

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Odums Reference & Research

Odom DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Odom FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Odums
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis