# Orange (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/orange/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname; chiefly from the French city and title.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,350 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,629 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,976 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.0% (4,027 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɔɹ.ənd͡ʒ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Some senses from French Orange, from Old French Orenge (compare Occitan Aurenja), from Vulgar Latin *Aurinica, from Latin Arausio, from Gaulish *arausi (“temple of the head, cheek”). In British and Irish contexts, usually with particular reference to William III of England (Willem Hendrik van Oranje), the Dutch Protestant husband of Queen Mary II who ended Stuart rule in Britain and Ireland. Other senses from the common noun orange, ultimately from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Orange 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) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Orange in the United States.

## People named Orange

- Tommy Orange, American writer

## Similar surnames

Orengo, Ormsby, Orenstein, Ormiston.

## 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.