How common is the surname Orris?

1,909 people in the United States had the surname Orris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,732 Americans. It ranked 15,363rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Orris?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Orris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Orris getting more or less common?

More common. 1,878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,909 in 2010, up 1.7%.

Is Orris also a first name?

Yes. Orris is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Orris

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,909 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orris is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

English surname from a vernacular form of the personal name Horace.

Orris is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,909 people named Orris in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,732 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,878.

#15,363

rank among US surnames

1,909

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,550)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,355	Lisi	1,910	161,647
#15,363	Delany	1,909	161,732
#15,370	Calo	1,908	161,816

Who is named Orris

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

95% of people named Orris identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Orris

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

Questions

Where does the surname Orris come from?: English surname from a vernacular form of the personal name Horace.
How common is the surname Orris?: 1,909 people in the United States had the surname Orris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,732 Americans. It ranked 15,363rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Orris?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Orris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Orris?: Orris is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Orris getting more or less common?: More common. 1,878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,909 in 2010, up 1.7%.
Is Orris also a first name?: Yes. Orris is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.