How common is the surname Ortez?

3,762 people in the United States had the surname Ortez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,070 Americans. It ranked 8,720th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ortez getting more or less common?

More common. 2,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,762 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Ortez

A surname, carried by 3,762 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ortez is more common than 94.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,762 people named Ortez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,070 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,960.

#8,720

rank among US surnames

3,762

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+27.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,043)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,713	Neiman	3,766	81,982
#8,714	Nuss	3,765	82,004
#8,718	Ming	3,764	82,026
#8,720	Ortez	3,762	82,070
#8,723	Glasscock	3,761	82,091

Who is named Ortez

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

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

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 8.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Two or more races 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ortez

Ortez 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 Ortez?: 3,762 people in the United States had the surname Ortez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,070 Americans. It ranked 8,720th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ortez?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Ortez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ortez getting more or less common?: More common. 2,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,762 in 2010, up 27%.