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    The surname Ordonez

    A Spanish surname, carried by 18,498 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O635

    Ordonez: #1,952 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Ordonez #1,952, 18,498 people Ordonez: #1,952 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ordonez #1,952, 18,498 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ordonez is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Ordóñez.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 18,498 people named Ordonez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,691 Americans. That is up 63% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,366.

    #1,952
    rank among US surnames
    18,498
    people in 2010
    6.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +62.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,906)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,943Rizzo18,60516,595
    #1,944Sands18,58416,614
    #1,945Queen18,55716,638
    #1,946Ledford18,53216,660
    #1,947Allred18,52616,666
    #1,948Bledsoe18,51016,680
    #1,949Rhoades18,50816,682

    Who is named Ordonez

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

    90% of people named Ordonez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Ordonezs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anderson Ordóñez
      Association football player, born 1994
    • Isaac Ordonez
      American actor, born 2009

    Notable Ordonezs come mostly from Ecuador (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ordonez

    Ordonez has the Soundex code O635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O635.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ordonez come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Ordóñez.
    How common is the surname Ordonez?
    18,498 people in the United States had the surname Ordonez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,691 Americans. It ranked 1,952nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ordonez?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Ordonez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Ordonez?
    Anderson Ordóñez, association football player, followed by Isaac Ordonez.
    Where is the surname Ordonez most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ordonez in Ecuador and the United States.
    Is the surname Ordonez getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,498 in 2010, up 63%.