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    The surname Orr

    A surname, carried by 44,388 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ɔɹ/ 1 syllable Soundex O600

    Orr: #774 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Orr #774, 44,388 people Orr: #774 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Orr #774, 44,388 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orr is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    A Scottish surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 44,388 people named Orr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,956 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 43,666.

    #774
    rank among US surnames
    44,388
    people in 2010
    15
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #714)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #765Rosas44,9386,870
    #766Winters44,9146,874
    #767Jacobson44,8086,890
    #768Lester44,7846,894
    #769Knox44,7426,901
    #770Bullock44,7406,901
    #771Kerr44,7116,905

    Who is named Orr

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

    79% of people named Orr identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Orrs

    10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Benjamin Orr
      American musician (1947–2000)
    • Kay A. Orr
      American politician, born 1939
    • 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, born 1968
    • Jimmy Orr
      American football player (1935-2020)
    • David Duvall Orr
      American politician, born 1944
    • Mary Acworth Orr Evershed
      British astronomer, Dante scholar and plant collector, 1867–1949

    Notable Orrs come mostly from the United States (9) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Orr

    Orr has the Soundex code O600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Orr?
    44,388 people in the United States had the surname Orr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,956 Americans. It ranked 774th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Orr?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Orr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Orr?
    Benjamin Orr, American musician (1947–2000), followed by Kay A. Orr.
    Where is the surname Orr most common?
    Wikidata records people named Orr in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    How do you pronounce Orr?
    Orr is /ɔɹ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Orr getting more or less common?
    More common. 43,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 44,388 in 2010, up 1.7%.