# Ogden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ogden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,860 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,906 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,370 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (18,461 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ogden in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ogden in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Ogden

- Ben Ogden, American cross-country skier
- Aaron Ogden, American soldier, lawyer and politician (1756–1839)
- Peter Skene Ogden, British-Canadian fur trapper and explorer
- Jonathan Ogden, American football Hall of Fame lineman
- William Butler Ogden, American politician (1805-1877)

## Similar surnames

Osteen, Ostendorf.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.