The surname Orlando
An Italian surname, carried by 12,586 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ɔɹˈlæn.doʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex O645 Also a first name
Origin
Italian origin
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.
One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 12,586 people named Orlando in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,531 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,353.
Who is named Orlando
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Orlando identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 89%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- Two or more races 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Famous Orlandos
4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Tony OrlandoAmerican singer, born 1944
- Bobby OrlandoAmerican record producer, dance music artist, musician, and songwriter (born 1958)
- Paulo OrlandoBrazilian baseball player, born 1985
- Gino OrlandoBrazilian footballer (1929-2003)
Notable Orlandos come mostly from the United States (2) and Brazil (2).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Orlando has the Soundex code O645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O645.
Other Italian surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Orlando come from?
- 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.
- How common is the surname Orlando?
- 12,586 people in the United States had the surname Orlando in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,531 Americans. It ranked 2,865th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Orlando?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Orlando identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Orlando?
- Tony Orlando, American singer, followed by Bobby Orlando.
- Where is the surname Orlando most common?
- Wikidata records people named Orlando in the United States and Brazil.
- How do you pronounce Orlando?
- Orlando is /ɔɹˈlæn.doʊ/, 3 syllables.
- Is the surname Orlando getting more or less common?
- More common. 12,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,586 in 2010, up 1.9%.
- Is Orlando also a first name?
- Yes. Orlando is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.