# Orellana (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 26,651 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,319 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,585 people |
| Change since 2000 | +78% (14,943 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Named for Francisco de Orellana (1511–46), Spanish explorer, who was the first to explore it in the 1540s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Orellana 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) | 3.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 96% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Orellana in El Salvador and Bolivia.

## People named Orellana

- Narciso Orellana, association football player
- Sabina Orellana, Bolivian politician

## Similar surnames

Orlando, Orlandi, Orleans, Orléans-Braganza.

## 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.