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    The surname Or

    A Chinese surname, carried by 630 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex O600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Or is more common than 78% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    Borrowed from Cantonese 柯 (o1) or from Hebrew אור ('ór). This surname is mostly found in Hong Kong.

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 630 people named Or in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 490,072 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 489.

    #35,671
    rank among US surnames
    630
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.8%
    change since 2000 (was #41,859)

    Who is named Or

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

    71% of people named Or identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 71%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.9%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Or

    Or has the Soundex code O600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O600.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Or come from?
    Borrowed from Cantonese 柯 (o1) or from Hebrew אור ('ór). This surname is mostly found in Hong Kong.
    How common is the surname Or?
    630 people in the United States had the surname Or in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 490,072 Americans. It ranked 35,671st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Or?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Or identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Or getting more or less common?
    More common. 489 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 630 in 2010, up 29%.