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    The surname Oraha

    An Aramaic surname, carried by 541 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O600

    Oraha: #40,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Oraha #40,432, 541 people Oraha: #40,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Oraha #40,432, 541 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oraha is more common than 75.1% of them.

    Origin

    Aramaic origin

    From a vernacular form of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܒܪܗܡ (ʾaḇrāhām, “Abraham”); this surname is common among the Assyrian community.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 541 people named Oraha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 570,694 Americans. That is up 93% since 2000, when the Census counted 280.

    #40,432
    rank among US surnames
    541
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +93.2%
    change since 2000 (was #66,073)

    Who is named Oraha

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

    90% of people named Oraha identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as two or more races and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Two or more races 6.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Oraha

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Oraha come from?
    From a vernacular form of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܒܪܗܡ (ʾaḇrāhām, “Abraham”); this surname is common among the Assyrian community.
    How common is the surname Oraha?
    541 people in the United States had the surname Oraha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 570,694 Americans. It ranked 40,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oraha?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Oraha identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Oraha getting more or less common?
    More common. 280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 541 in 2010, up 93%.