How common is the surname Ogg?

2,572 people in the United States had the surname Ogg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,041 Americans. It ranked 12,121st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ogg getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,572 in 2010, down 5.2%.

The surname Ogg

A surname, carried by 2,572 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɒɡ/ 1 syllable Soundex O200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ogg is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,572 people named Ogg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,041 Americans. That is down 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,713.

#12,121

rank among US surnames

2,572

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-5.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,794)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,115	Shipe	2,573	119,994
#12,121	Topp	2,572	120,041
#12,124	Naber	2,571	120,088
#12,127	Nath	2,570	120,134
#12,130	Hammers	2,569	120,181

Who is named Ogg

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

95% of people named Ogg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ogg

Ogg has the Soundex code O200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O200.

Questions

Where does the surname Ogg come from?: 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…
How common is the surname Ogg?: 2,572 people in the United States had the surname Ogg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,041 Americans. It ranked 12,121st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ogg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ogg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
How do you pronounce Ogg?: Ogg is /ɒɡ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Ogg getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,572 in 2010, down 5.2%.