The surname Orrell
A surname, carried by 1,779 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex O640
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,779 people named Orrell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,550 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,659.
#16,228
rank among US surnames
1,779
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+7.2%
change since 2000 (was #16,053)
Who is named Orrell
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Orrell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Orrell
Orrell has the Soundex code O640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O640.
Questions
- How common is the surname Orrell?
- 1,779 people in the United States had the surname Orrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,550 Americans. It ranked 16,228th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Orrell?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Orrell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Orrell getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,659 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,779 in 2010, up 7.2%.