The surname Orange
A French surname, carried by 4,350 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈɔɹ.ənd͡ʒ/ 2 syllables Soundex O652
Origin
French origin
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”).
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,350 people named Orange in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,976 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,027.
Who is named Orange
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
49% of people named Orange identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 49%
- Black (not Hispanic) 44%
- Two or more races 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Famous Oranges
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Tommy OrangeAmerican writer, born 1982
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Orange
Orange has the Soundex code O652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O652.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Orange come from?
- 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…
- How common is the surname Orange?
- 4,350 people in the United States had the surname Orange in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,976 Americans. It ranked 7,629th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Orange?
- In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Orange identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Orange?
- Tommy Orange, American writer.
- Where is the surname Orange most common?
- Wikidata records people named Orange in the United States.
- How do you pronounce Orange?
- Orange is /ˈɔɹ.ənd͡ʒ/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Orange getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,350 in 2010, up 8.0%.