How common is the surname Orem?

1,079 people in the United States had the surname Orem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. It ranked 23,532nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Orem?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Orem identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Orem?

Dorothea Orem, American nursing academic (1914–2007).

Where is the surname Orem most common?

Wikidata records people named Orem in the United States.

Is the surname Orem getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,079 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Orem

A surname, carried by 1,079 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orem is more common than 85.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,079 people named Orem in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,089.

#23,532

rank among US surnames

1,079

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #22,143)

Who is named Orem

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

94% of people named Orem identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Orems

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dorothea Orem
American nursing academic (1914–2007)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Orem

Orem has the Soundex code O650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O650.

Questions

How common is the surname Orem?: 1,079 people in the United States had the surname Orem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. It ranked 23,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Orem?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Orem identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Orem?: Dorothea Orem, American nursing academic (1914–2007).
Where is the surname Orem most common?: Wikidata records people named Orem in the United States.
Is the surname Orem getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,079 in 2010, down 0.9%.