The Odom surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 35,020 people carried this name — #996 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,420 people counted. That is up 4% from 33,717 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Odom surname
From Middle English odam (“son-in-law”), a nickname for someone who married the daughter of a prominent figure in the local community.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Odom» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
56 families named Odom, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 303 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 255 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Odom in American newspapers,
1902–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,137 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Odom in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.
115 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Odom. The most, 45, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.3 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Odom.
Who carried it
People named Odom,
with a public archive behind them.
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George M. Odom 1882–1964 · horse trainer -
Heinie Odom 1900–1970 · baseball player -
George Odom 1765–1819
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Mary Hunt McCaleb Odom 1838–1925 · poet
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Edward Odom 1853– · politician
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William M. Odom 1884–1942 · interior architect
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Odom,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States1,673 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,167
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 397
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 57
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
- Sacramento County historic burials 7
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 5
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Earl L. OdomBorn 1922 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Tyler; farmer from Houston County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1975, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Lloyd Benjamin OdomBorn 1931; from Jackson County, Missouri. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Simon P. OdomConfederate Army veteran of the Civil War. Born 1834, died 1914; buried at Collier Cemetery, Vienna, Georgia.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 1,673 records for Odom in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Alice Whitfield OdomBuried in 1970 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
France1 record
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Josephine Marie Leonie OdomBorn 1913 in Freissinières; died 1992 in Gap (Hautes-Alpes).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Odom.
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