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The surname Orloff

A Russian surname, carried by 1,259 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O641

Orloff: #20,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Orloff #20,926, 1,259 people Orloff: #20,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Orloff #20,926, 1,259 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orloff is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

Russian origin

Americanized spelling of Orlov.

One of 24 Russian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,259 people named Orloff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,231 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,282.

#20,926
rank among US surnames
1,259
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-1.8%
change since 2000 (was #19,491)

Who is named Orloff

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

92% of people named Orloff identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
  • Two or more races 3.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Russian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Orloff come from?
Americanized spelling of Orlov.
How common is the surname Orloff?
1,259 people in the United States had the surname Orloff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,231 Americans. It ranked 20,926th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Orloff?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Orloff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Orloff getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,259 in 2010, down 1.8%.