Odom

English

Alternative forms

• Odum

Etymology

From Middle English odam (“son-in-law”), a nickname for someone who married the daughter of a prominent figure in the local community.

Proper noun

Odom (plural Odoms)

1. A surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Odom is the 996^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 35,020 individuals. Odom is most common among White (69.0%) and Black/African American (25.9%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Odom”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Doom, doom, mood