Odame

surname · Latin script

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • GHGhana≈1 in 8.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • KEKenya≈1 in 390K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 866K

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.

Ghana (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,400 people, est.

Sources
79 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Ghana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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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)

Odame 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 Odame is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GH Ghana#473≈3,400 est.≈1 in 8.7KlistedOdame45
NG Nigeria—≈150 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Odame10
KE Kenya—≈140 est.≈1 in 390K—Odame6
US United States—1181 in 2.8M158Odame79
GB United Kingdom—≈76 est.≈1 in 866K59Odame44
NL Netherlands—≈12 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Odame4

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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). 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)

Odame is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Ghana, United States

    Also written Odamé

30 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Odame,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Odame
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020158#116,774
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010118#141,140
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200259#45,944
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
  • Wikipedia surname tokens

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 Odame?
A machine transcription gives /ɑdeɪm/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Odame have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.4 thousand people named Odame in Ghana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled odame.
How common is the name Odame?
In the United States, the national register counted 118 people named Odame in 2010, about 1 in 2.8 million residents.
How common is Odame compared with other names?
In Ghana, Odame is the 473rd most common surname of 36,883 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, “Odame” — the 473rd most common surname in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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