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    The surname Orellana

    A surname, carried by 26,651 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex O645

    Orellana: #1,319 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Orellana #1,319, 26,651 people Orellana: #1,319 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Orellana #1,319, 26,651 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orellana is more common than 99.2% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 26,651 people named Orellana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,585 Americans. That is up 78% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,943.

    #1,319
    rank among US surnames
    26,651
    people in 2010
    9.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +78.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,229)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,310Carmona26,77411,532
    #1,311Bowling26,76211,537
    #1,312Burris26,76011,538
    #1,313Whitley26,73211,550
    #1,314Hamm26,72611,552
    #1,315Bland26,72211,554
    #1,316Bermudez26,69111,567

    Who is named Orellana

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

    96% of people named Orellana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Orellanas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Narciso Orellana
      Association football player, born 1995
    • Sabina Orellana
      Bolivian politician, born 1970

    Notable Orellanas come mostly from El Salvador (1) and Bolivia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Orellana

    Orellana has the Soundex code O645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O645.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Orellana come from?
    Named for Francisco de Orellana (1511–46), Spanish explorer, who was the first to explore it in the 1540s.
    How common is the surname Orellana?
    26,651 people in the United States had the surname Orellana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,585 Americans. It ranked 1,319th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Orellana?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Orellana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Orellana?
    Narciso Orellana, association football player, followed by Sabina Orellana.
    Where is the surname Orellana most common?
    Wikidata records people named Orellana in El Salvador and Bolivia.
    Is the surname Orellana getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,651 in 2010, up 78%.