# Orlando (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/orlando/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian derived from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,586 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,865 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,531 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (12,353 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɔɹˈlæn.doʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Italian Orlando (“Roland”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland. The city in Florida has gone by the name since 1857, perhaps in honor of the soldier Orlando Reeves, whom the Seminoles killed there in 1835. Previously, it had been settled in 1844 as Jernigan. Doublet of Roland.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Orlando in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Orlando in the United States and Brazil.

## People named Orlando

- Tony Orlando, American singer
- Bobby Orlando, American record producer, dance music artist, musician, and songwriter (born 1958)
- Paulo Orlando, Brazilian baseball player
- Gino Orlando, Brazilian footballer (1929-2003)

## Similar surnames

Orlandi, Orellana, Orleans, Orléans-Braganza.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.