How common is the surname Orchard?

2,340 people in the United States had the surname Orchard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,943 Americans. It ranked 13,101st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Orchard?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Orchard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Orchard?

Simon Orchard, Australian male field hockey player.

Where is the surname Orchard most common?

Wikidata records people named Orchard in Australia.

Is the surname Orchard getting more or less common?

More common. 2,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,340 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Orchard

A place surname, carried by 2,340 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orchard is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

Topographic surname for someone who lived by an orchard.

Orchard is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,340 people named Orchard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,943 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,241.

#13,101

rank among US surnames

2,340

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,096	Highland	2,342	131,830
#13,099	Lipford	2,341	131,886
#13,101	Vansant	2,340	131,943
#13,107	Glowacki	2,339	131,999
#13,109	Pabst	2,338	132,055

Who is named Orchard

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

94% of people named Orchard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Orchards

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Simon Orchard
Australian male field hockey player, born 1986

Questions

Where does the surname Orchard come from?: Topographic surname for someone who lived by an orchard.
How common is the surname Orchard?: 2,340 people in the United States had the surname Orchard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,943 Americans. It ranked 13,101st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Orchard?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Orchard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Orchard?: Simon Orchard, Australian male field hockey player.
Where is the surname Orchard most common?: Wikidata records people named Orchard in Australia.
What type of surname is Orchard?: Orchard is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Orchard getting more or less common?: More common. 2,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,340 in 2010, up 4.4%.