# Ogg (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,572 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,121 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 120,041 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.2% (2,713 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɒɡ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

An abbreviation of OggSquish, a 1993 suggestion by Michael Whitsun to replace the original name (Squish) which was trademarked. Ogg was jargon from the computer game Netrek meaning roughly: to put all your resources into an attack to ensure its success, regardless of any negative consequences on the rest of the game. Allegedly ogg is a corruption of Og, the screen-name of the player who first played the game this way.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ogg 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Oge, Ochoa, O'Shea, Oaks, Ochs, Owusu, Ogawa, Osei, Ouk, Ojo, Okoye, Oak.

## 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.