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    The surname Oregon

    A French surname, carried by 1,071 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɔɹɪɡən/ 3 syllables Soundex O625

    Oregon: #23,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Oregon #23,662, 1,071 people Oregon: #23,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Oregon #23,662, 1,071 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oregon is more common than 85.4% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From earlier Ouragon (1765), of obscure origin. Various etymologies have been proposed: * A clipping of French Ouariconsint, itself a corruption of Ouisconsin(g) (“Wisconsin”) * Borrowing from French ouragan (“hurricane”) * Borrowing from Abenaki wligen (“good”), cf. Algonquin wauregan (“beautiful”) * Borrowing from Shoshone ogoe (“river”) + paanangkwa (“west”) * Borrowing from Chinook Jargon ulakan (“candlefish”) * Borrowing from Spanish orégano (“marjoram”) See Wikipedia article on the toponym Oregon for more information.

    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 1,071 people named Oregon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,278 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 849.

    #23,662
    rank among US surnames
    1,071
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.1%
    change since 2000 (was #26,898)

    Who is named Oregon

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

    90% of people named Oregon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Oregon

    Oregon has the Soundex code O625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O625.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Oregon come from?
    From earlier Ouragon (1765), of obscure origin. Various etymologies have been proposed: * A clipping of French Ouariconsint, itself a corruption of Ouisconsin(g) (“Wisconsin”) * Borrowing from French ouragan (“hurricane”) * Borrowing from Abenaki wligen (“good”), cf. Algonquin wauregan…
    How common is the surname Oregon?
    1,071 people in the United States had the surname Oregon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,278 Americans. It ranked 23,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oregon?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Oregon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Oregon?
    Oregon is /ˈɔɹɪɡən/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Oregon getting more or less common?
    More common. 849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,071 in 2010, up 26%.