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    The surname Ortegon

    A surname, carried by 2,166 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O632

    Ortegon: #13,938 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ortegon #13,938, 2,166 people Ortegon: #13,938 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ortegon #13,938, 2,166 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ortegon is more common than 91.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,166 people named Ortegon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,542 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,786.

    #13,938
    rank among US surnames
    2,166
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.3%
    change since 2000 (was #15,146)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,933Flippo2,167142,476
    #13,938Duplantis2,166142,542
    #13,944Trego2,165142,608

    Who is named Ortegon

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

    90% of people named Ortegon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Ortegon

    Ortegon has the Soundex code O632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O632.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ortegon?
    2,166 people in the United States had the surname Ortegon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,542 Americans. It ranked 13,938th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ortegon?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Ortegon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ortegon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,166 in 2010, up 21%.