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The surname Ogan

A surname, carried by 1,376 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O250

Ogan: #19,602 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ogan #19,602, 1,376 people Ogan: #19,602 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ogan #19,602, 1,376 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ogan is more common than 87.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,376 people named Ogan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,379 Americans. That is down 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,448.

#19,602
rank among US surnames
1,376
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-5%
change since 2000 (was #17,823)

Who is named Ogan

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Ogan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 87%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ogan

Ogan has the Soundex code O250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O250.

Questions

How common is the surname Ogan?
1,376 people in the United States had the surname Ogan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,379 Americans. It ranked 19,602nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ogan?
In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Ogan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ogan getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,376 in 2010, down 5.0%.