# Osgood (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/osgood/  
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) | 6,186 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,619 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 49,910 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (5,999 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Osgood 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Osgood in the United States.

## People named Osgood

- Wilfred Hudson Osgood, American zoologist (1875-1947)
- Frances Sargent Osgood, American poet (1811–1850)
- Samuel Osgood, American politician (1748-1813)
- William Fogg Osgood, American mathematician (1864–1943)
- Charles E. Osgood, American psychologist (1916–1991)
- Mabel Osgood Wright, American writer & ornithologist

## Similar surnames

Ojeda, Okada, Ogata, Ost.

## 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.