# Orr (surname)

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

A Scottish surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 44,388 |
| US rank (2010) | 774 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,956 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (43,666 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɔɹ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Orr 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Orr in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Orr

- Benjamin Orr, American musician (1947–2000)
- Kay A. Orr, American politician
- James Lawrence Orr, American politician (1822-1873)
- Vickie Orr, American basketball player (born 1967)
- Robert D. Orr, American politician (1917-2004)
- Leonard Orr, American writer (1937-2019)
- Tim Orr, American cinematographer
- Jimmy Orr, American football player (1935-2020)
- David Duvall Orr, American politician
- Mary Acworth Orr Evershed, British astronomer, Dante scholar and plant collector

## Similar surnames

Ore, Oro, Or, O'Hara, O'Hare, Oyer, Orea, Ohair, Oraha.

## 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.