Odeh

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/oʊd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Odeh is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • JOJordan≈1 in 936(inferred from the name graph)
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 4.8K
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 9.6K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈45,000 people, est.

Sources
245 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 936 (inferred from the name graph)

Jordan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Odeh counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Odeh is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria#498≈45,000 est.≈1 in 4.8K—Odeh68
JO Jordan#133≈12,000 est.≈1 in 936—Odeh108
CN China—≈8,600 est.≈1 in 161K—Odeh4
US United States—1,4391 in 231K2KOdeh245
SA Saudi Arabia—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 28K—Odeh57
IL Israel—≈900 est.≈1 in 9.6K—Odeh42
AE United Arab Emirates#562≈740 est.≈1 in 13K—Odeh76
PS Palestine#393≈470 est.≈1 in 10K—Odeh40

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Odeh is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ödëh, Ődéh, Ổdệĥ, Ốdẹh, Odĕh

  • Hebrew surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Nigeria, Jordan

    Also written עודה, Odah, Ouda, Awda, Oudeh

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Alex Odeh, b. 1944عائشة عودة, b. 1944Rasmea Odeh, b. 1948Abeer Odeh, b. 1961Mohammed Odeh, b. 1974Nadia Odeh, b. 1978Faris Odeh, b. 1985Bisan Owda, b. 1997
  • Alex Odehb. 1944PSAmerican activist (1944–1985)
  • عائشة عودةb. 1944PSnot in their usual namePalestinian writer
  • Rasmea Odehb. 1948PSPalestinian activist (1948-)
  • Abeer Odehb. 1961PSPalestinian politician
  • Mohammed Odehb. 1974PSHamas military leader (may 2026)
  • Nadia Odehb. 1978JOJordanian actress
  • Faris Odehb. 1985PSPalestinian activist (1985–2000)
  • Bisan Owdab. 1997PSnot in their usual namePalestinian filmmaker and journalist
  • Roseline OdehNGNigerian author, research, film maker and a speech writer to seral Nigerian former head of state

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Odeh,
InformalHi Odeh,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 26 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Odeh
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202K#14,159
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.4K#18,961
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000928#25,076
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Odeh?
A machine transcription gives /oʊd/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Odeh have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 45 thousand people named Odeh in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled odeh.
How common is the name Odeh?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,439 people named Odeh in 2010, about 1 in 231 thousand residents.
How common is Odeh compared with other names?
In Nigeria, Odeh is the 498th most common surname of 346,007 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Odeh” — the 498th most common surname in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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