How common is the surname Ortman?

2,475 people in the United States had the surname Ortman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,746 Americans. It ranked 12,520th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ortman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ortman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ortman getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,547 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,475 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Ortman

A German surname, carried by 2,475 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ortman is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Ortmann.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,475 people named Ortman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,746 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,547.

#12,520

rank among US surnames

2,475

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,358)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,514	Freire	2,477	124,645
#12,519	Ratzlaff	2,476	124,695
#12,520	Dampier	2,475	124,746
#12,525	Mendivil	2,474	124,796

Who is named Ortman

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

96% of people named Ortman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Ortman

Ortman has the Soundex code O635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O635.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ortman come from?: Variant of Ortmann.
How common is the surname Ortman?: 2,475 people in the United States had the surname Ortman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,746 Americans. It ranked 12,520th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ortman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ortman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ortman getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,547 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,475 in 2010, down 2.8%.