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odom Name Meaning and History

English: nickname for someone who had done well for himself by marrying the daughter of a prominent figure in the local community, from Middle English odam ‘son-in-law’ (Old English aðum).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of odom Families in the US in 1920
Number of odom families
 168-334
 57-167
 1-56
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