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    The surname Ogburn

    A surname, carried by 3,182 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O216

    Ogburn: #10,132 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ogburn #10,132, 3,182 people Ogburn: #10,132 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ogburn #10,132, 3,182 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ogburn is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Ogborn.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,182 people named Ogburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,029 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,054.

    #10,132
    rank among US surnames
    3,182
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,772)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,125Bodden3,18396,998
    #10,132Parmenter3,18297,029
    #10,136Benites3,18197,059
    #10,140Nardone3,18097,090

    Who is named Ogburn

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

    70% of people named Ogburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ogburn

    Ogburn has the Soundex code O216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O216.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ogburn come from?
    Variant of Ogborn.
    How common is the surname Ogburn?
    3,182 people in the United States had the surname Ogburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,029 Americans. It ranked 10,132nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ogburn?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Ogburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ogburn getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,054 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,182 in 2010, up 4.2%.