Ogden Surname

13,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,738 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Ogden Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Oakden,' i.e. the oak-den; v. Dean. This family name, so familiar to South Lancashire, sprang up in the neighbourhood of Crompton and parish of Rochdale. 'In the reign of Edward I.

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Ogden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States25,7401:14,0821,755
England9,9761:5,585793
Australia2,5081:10,7641,596
Canada1,7431:21,1392,909
New Zealand3931:11,5222,005
Wales3471:8,918986
South Africa1681:322,48630,363
Scotland1651:32,4473,250
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
France811:820,03498,127
Thailand411:1,722,886219,200
Spain351:1,335,77243,485
Chile321:550,51513,718
Israel231:372,07130,321
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Ireland181:261,6089,673
Isle of Man181:4,7681,008
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Norway111:467,48139,375
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
China51:273,464,31313,838
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Malta11:430,2723,380
Macau11:601,6301,582
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland181:246,10410,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8,4611:2,881410
Scotland291:129,0765,773
Wales251:62,7373,061
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,6441:7,559964

The alternate forms: Ögden (1) & Ögdêń (1) are calculated separately.

Ogden (846) may also be a first name.

Ogden Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Oakden,' i.e. the oak-den; v. Dean. This family name, so familiar to South Lancashire, sprang up in the neighbourhood of Crompton and parish of Rochdale. 'In the reign of Edward I. lived Sir Baldwin de Tyas ... who granted to Sir Robert de Holland, in free marriage with Joan, his daughter, all his lands in Butterworth. the Cleggs, Garthside, Akeden, Holynworth, &c, in Rochdale': Baines' Lancashire.

This surname has widely extended in America, where we find a town called Ogdenville.

John de Okedon, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard de Okeden, 6 Edward III.

1794. Married — Richard Davis and Mary Ogden: St. George, Hanover Square.

1806. — Robert Oakden and Ann Hughes: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Ogden (Lancs, Yorks, Hants, &c.)—a voiced form of Oakden, q.v.

Elias de Akeden.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1246-7.

Thomas Okeden.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1444.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in the valley.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Local. (Saxon.) From ock, oak—tree, and den, a valley; the oak vale, or shady valley. Ogduine, in the Gaelic, signifies a young man, from Og, young, and duine, a man; Ogdyn, in the Welsh, has the same signification.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(English), Oak valley or pasture.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

A location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Ogden Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ogden Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ogden (Arabic: اوغدن, Russian: Огден) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Ögden or Ögdêń. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogden? popularity and diffusion

It is the 13,395th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 174,602 people. Ogden is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Ogden reside; 62 percent reside in North America and 62 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Ogden is also the 280,396th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 846 people.

The last name Ogden is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 25,740 people, or 1 in 14,082. In The United States Ogden is most frequent in: California, where 10 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Barring The United States Ogden occurs in 77 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.

Ogden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ogden has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 387 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 118 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,388 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 569 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ogden Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Ogden surname is principally Anglican (61%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Ogden last name are 15.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.72% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ogden earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 50.84% more than the national average, earning 522,031 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 107.45% more than the national average, earning R 492,984 per year; in United States they earn 3.53% more than the national average, earning $44,671 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.65% less than the national average, earning $49,362 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ögden931/
Hogden91448/
Ougden9133/
Ogdent911/
Ogdeen911/
Ongden911/
Gogden910/
Oggden910/
Ocden80375/
Ogdin8073/
Egden8071/
Agden805/
Ogdem804/
Okden803/
Ögdêń801/
Oqden801/
Ugden800/
Ogdenová773/
Houghden771/
Aegden7341/
Högden7337/
Hegden7333/
Augden7329/
Angden7327/
Hogdin7319/
Ogdina7317/
Gokden735/
Hugden732/
Hagden732/
Agdaen731/
Agduen731/
Hocden731/
Gugden730/
Gocden730/
Gogdina671/
Hungden671/
Agdn671/
Oqdn671/
Heugden671/
Hockden670/

Ogden Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ogden in the Russian language
Огденogden-
Ogden in the Arabic language
اوغدنawghdn-
اغدنaghdn-
آوغدينawghdyn-
اوغدينawghdyn-

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Ogden Reference & Research

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