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    The surname Orosz

    A Hungarian surname, carried by 1,502 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O620

    Orosz: #18,431 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Orosz #18,431, 1,502 people Orosz: #18,431 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Orosz #18,431, 1,502 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orosz is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

    Borrowed from Hungarian Orosz.

    One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,502 people named Orosz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,556 Americans. That is down 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,583.

    #18,431
    rank among US surnames
    1,502
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,655)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,423Pilot1,503205,420
    #18,431Goggans1,502205,556
    #18,440Montz1,501205,693

    Who is named Orosz

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

    96% of people named Orosz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Oroszs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • István Orosz
      Artist (born 1951)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Orosz

    Orosz has the Soundex code O620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O620.

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Orosz come from?
    Borrowed from Hungarian Orosz.
    How common is the surname Orosz?
    1,502 people in the United States had the surname Orosz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,556 Americans. It ranked 18,431st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Orosz?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Orosz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Orosz?
    István Orosz, artist (born 1951).
    Where is the surname Orosz most common?
    Wikidata records people named Orosz in Hungary.
    Is the surname Orosz getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,502 in 2010, down 5.1%.