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    The surname Orf

    A German surname, carried by 1,249 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex O610

    Orf: #21,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Orf #21,048, 1,249 people Orf: #21,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Orf #21,048, 1,249 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orf is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Orf.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,249 people named Orf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,194 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,176.

    #21,048
    rank among US surnames
    1,249
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #20,871)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,048Zartman1,249247,194
    #21,057Breyer1,248247,392

    Who is named Orf

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

    97% of people named Orf identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Orf come from?
    Borrowed from German Orf.
    How common is the surname Orf?
    1,249 people in the United States had the surname Orf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,194 Americans. It ranked 21,048th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Orf?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Orf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Orf getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,249 in 2010, up 6.2%.