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 found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odums? popularity and diffusion

Odums is the 553,576th most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 12,651,989 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Odums are found; 74 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 25 people.

The last name Odums is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 470 people, or 1 in 771,189. In The United States Odums is mostly found in: Texas, where 14 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Louisiana, where 12 percent reside. Other than The United States Odums exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Odums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Odums has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Odums surname rose 15,667 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Odums Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Odums surname are 12.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.18% registered with the 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