How common is the surname Orman?

3,139 people in the United States had the surname Orman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,358 Americans. It ranked 10,268th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Orman?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Orman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Orman?

Roscoe Orman, American actor, followed by Suze Orman.

Where is the surname Orman most common?

Wikidata records people named Orman in the United States.

Is the surname Orman getting more or less common?

More common. 3,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,139 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Orman

A surname, carried by 3,139 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orman is more common than 93.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,139 people named Orman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,358 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,072.

#10,268

rank among US surnames

3,139

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,703)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,260	Schoch	3,141	98,295
#10,265	Milford	3,140	98,327
#10,268	Orman	3,139	98,358
#10,274	Mulhern	3,138	98,389

Who is named Orman

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

93% of people named Orman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ormans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roscoe Orman
American actor, born 1944
Suze Orman
American author, television personality, motivational speaker, businesswoman, investor, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Orman

Ormond

Orman has the Soundex code O655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O655.

Questions

How common is the surname Orman?: 3,139 people in the United States had the surname Orman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,358 Americans. It ranked 10,268th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Orman?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Orman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Orman?: Roscoe Orman, American actor, followed by Suze Orman.
Where is the surname Orman most common?: Wikidata records people named Orman in the United States.
Is the surname Orman getting more or less common?: More common. 3,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,139 in 2010, up 2.2%.