The Odum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,381 people carried this name — #7,585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,128 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Odum surname

Variant of Odom.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Odum» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Odum in American newspapers,
1900–1915.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Odum
The Topeka State Journal 1903-07-31
Newspaper page from Abilene Weekly Reflector carrying the name Odum
Abilene Weekly Reflector 1915-09-23
Newspaper page from Marshall County Independent carrying the name Odum
Marshall County Independent 1900-05-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,113 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Odum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Howard W. Odum
    Howard W. Odum 1884–1954 · writer
  • Eugene Odum 1913–2002 · naturalist
  • Howard T. Odum 1924–2002 · zoologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Odum,
in the records of 2 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 States203 records

203 records of the Odum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 137
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Oscar R. Odum

    Born 1917 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio; machine shop worker from Montgomery County, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael Ralph R. Odum

    Born 1942; from Tallahassee, Florida. U.S. Army; killed in action 1969 in Phong Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George Daniel Odum

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1953, died 2001; buried at West View Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 203 records for Odum 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 · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Odum name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Alida Odum

    In the population register of Vlissingen; born 1859 in Vlissingen.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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