Odwyer is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Odwyer
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Odwyer

How popular is Odwyer?

Odwyer is common in United States.

Odwyer is ranked 145187 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Odwyer bearers increased by 7.212622 per cent in 2010 US census to 1427 since 2000, the surname slipped by 122 spots and ranked at 19075. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.69 96.09
Hispanic or Latino 2.1 0.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.47 0.53
Black 1.33 0
Odwyer is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 2622 people have been found who wears Odwyer as their family name. Odwyer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
101,066 Zimbabwe5
124,420 Spain3
118,441 Germany2
38,063 Mauritania1
53,033 Nigeria1
897,276 Russia1
107,212 South Africa1
37,493 Austria1
118,015 Netherlands1
16,283 Lithuania1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
9,591 Panama1
5,916 Mozambique1
36,678 Singapore1
56,169 Mexico1
77,122 Sweden1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,895 South Korea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
61,670 Canada48
9,780 Scotland46
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Odwyer:
1,282 Ireland442
15,738 England360
52,914 Brazil191
14,279 Australia189
Countries with thousands of Odwyer:
24,675 United States1,251
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patt Odwyer was 45 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on February 21, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as farmer and took Arrick from Limerick. Immigrant Mary Odwyer, Cathe. Odwyer (17) Immigrant, Immigrant Anthony Odwyer, Infant James Odwyer, Ellen Odwyer, aged 38, Immigrant Ellen Odwyer, Margaret Odwyer (19) Maid, U Odwyer (20) Immigrant, and 17 other Odwyer around 50% of whom were servant migrated to US from Limerick, Liverpool and Dublin.

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