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    The surname Orihuela

    A surname, carried by 1,483 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex O640

    Orihuela: #18,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Orihuela #18,584, 1,483 people Orihuela: #18,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Orihuela #18,584, 1,483 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orihuela is more common than 88.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,483 people named Orihuela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,190 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 995.

    #18,584
    rank among US surnames
    1,483
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +49%
    change since 2000 (was #23,739)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,579Shimabukuro1,484208,050
    #18,584Bollin1,483208,190

    Who is named Orihuela

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

    93% of people named Orihuela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Orihuela

    Orihuela has the Soundex code O640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Orihuela?
    1,483 people in the United States had the surname Orihuela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,190 Americans. It ranked 18,584th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Orihuela?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Orihuela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Orihuela getting more or less common?
    More common. 995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,483 in 2010, up 49%.