# Orozco (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Basque |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 65,904 |
| US rank (2010) | 512 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,685 people |
| Change since 2000 | +46% (45,289 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Orozco, a habitational surname from Basque.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Orozco 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) | 3.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 96% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Orozco in the United States and Argentina.

## People named Orozco

- Olga Orozco, Argentine writer (1920-1999)
- Michael Orozco Fiscal, American soccer player
- John Orozco, American gymnast

## Similar surnames

Orosco, Oros, Orosz, Orris, Orwig, Ours, Orrick, Orsi, Orso.

## 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.