Hodum is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hodum
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

Surname is the form of Oldham. A town in Lancashire. The name is sometimes pluralized to Oldhams.

Hodum is variant form of Odam. An estate in Lambourne, county of Berks, bestowed on the family, it is supposed, by Bourchier, Baron Fitzwarine, to whom they would appear, from armorial evidence, to have been related Odam or, as it is sometimes written, Odehan, is synonymous with Woodhamn.

Lastname is the form of Oldham. One who came from Oldham, i.e., old island, in Lancashire.

The lastname is a variation of Odom. One who came from Odeham meaning "Ode's homestead," in Devonshire; descendant of Adam, this being the Hebrew pronunciation of Adam; the son-in-law.

Hodum is the variation of Oldman. May be equivalent to senex, but is more likely a corruption of Holman.

How popular is Hodum?

Hodum is common in United States.

Hodum is ranked 732713 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hodum bearers increased by 5.51 per cent in 2010 US census to 287 since 2000, the surname slipped by 822 spots and ranked at 68547. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.47 99.26
Hispanic or Latino 2.44 0
Hodum is a very rare surname, few people in United States have the family name and might be arised from United States. Around 395 people have been found who wears Hodum as their family name. Few people around the world have Hodum as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Hodum:
78,461 United States336
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
100,509 Germany46
311,082 Brazil12

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Christine Hodum worked as farmer and hailed from Wurtemberg. 20 years old embarked for New York from Havre on George Hurlbut and arrived on July 15, 1853. Farmer Carl Hodum, 25 years old Wilh. Hodum, Brewer Barth. Hodum, 24 years old Friedr. Hodum, Walburga Hodum (15), Anton Hodum, aged 19, are other Hodum that migrated to US from Bremen, Hamburg, Hamburg & Havre and Rotterdam.

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