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The surname Orenstein

A surname, carried by 1,370 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O652

Orenstein: #19,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Orenstein #19,671, 1,370 people Orenstein: #19,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Orenstein #19,671, 1,370 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orenstein is more common than 87.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,370 people named Orenstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,362 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,291.

#19,671
rank among US surnames
1,370
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+6.1%
change since 2000 (was #19,398)

Who is named Orenstein

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

94% of people named Orenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Orenstein

Orenstein has the Soundex code O652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O652.

Questions

How common is the surname Orenstein?
1,370 people in the United States had the surname Orenstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,362 Americans. It ranked 19,671st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Orenstein?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Orenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Orenstein getting more or less common?
More common. 1,291 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,370 in 2010, up 6.1%.