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    The surname Oglesby

    A surname, carried by 12,271 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O242

    Oglesby: #2,919 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Oglesby #2,919, 12,271 people Oglesby: #2,919 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Oglesby #2,919, 12,271 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oglesby is more common than 98.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,271 people named Oglesby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,161 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,117.

    #2,919
    rank among US surnames
    12,271
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,733)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,910Lemons12,32225,056
    #2,911Matson12,32025,061
    #2,912Brinson12,30325,095
    #2,914Ralston12,30225,097
    #2,915Altamirano12,29625,109
    #2,916Swann12,29325,116
    #2,917Alicea12,28725,128

    Who is named Oglesby

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

    63% of people named Oglesby identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Oglesby

    Oglesby has the Soundex code O242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O242.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Oglesby?
    12,271 people in the United States had the surname Oglesby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,161 Americans. It ranked 2,919th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oglesby?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Oglesby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Oglesby getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,117 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,271 in 2010, up 1.3%.