Explore the Family Name Ogando

The meaning of Ogando

Galician: nickname from the definite article o (masculine singular) + gando ‘cattle’, probably applied to someone who trades or raises cattle.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Ogando in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Ogando significantly increased between 2000 and 2010. The rank improved from 34,399 in 2000 to 25,171 in 2010, a substantial rise of approximately 26.83%. In numerical terms, the count of individuals with this surname expanded from 623 to 985 over this decade, indicating an impressive growth rate of 58.11%. Consequently, the proportion of people with the surname Ogando per 100,000 also rose by 43.48% during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,399	#25,171	26.83%
Count	623	985	58.11%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.33	43.48%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ogando

In terms of ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the Ogando surname is predominantly associated with the Hispanic ethnic identity, which remained relatively stable at around 92% between 2000 and 2010. There was a slight shift in other ethnic identities over the same period. The percentage of individuals identifying as Black increased by 62.5%, while the percentage identifying as White saw a minor decrease of 7.26%. Interestingly, the 2010 census recorded a small portion of individuals (0.71%) with the Ogando surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, a category not represented in the 2000 data. The categories of American Indian and Alaskan Native, as well as Two or more races, either remained constant or were suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	92.13%	92.18%	0.05%
White	4.82%	4.47%	-7.26%
Black	1.44%	2.34%	62.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.71%	0%
Two or More Races	0.8%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%