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    The surname Ortner

    A German surname, carried by 1,335 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O635

    Ortner: #20,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ortner #20,037, 1,335 people Ortner: #20,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ortner #20,037, 1,335 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ortner is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Ortner.

    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 1,335 people named Ortner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,270 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,238.

    #20,037
    rank among US surnames
    1,335
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,041)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,029Mangini1,336231,097
    #20,037Hirschfeld1,335231,270

    Who is named Ortner

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

    95% of people named Ortner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ortners

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sherry Ortner
      American anthropologist, born 1941
    • Maximilian Ortner
      Austrian ski jumper, born 2002
    • Benjamin Ortner
      Austrian basketball player (born 1983)

    Notable Ortners come mostly from Austria (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ortner

    Ortner 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 Ortner come from?
    Borrowed from German Ortner.
    How common is the surname Ortner?
    1,335 people in the United States had the surname Ortner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,270 Americans. It ranked 20,037th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ortner?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ortner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ortner?
    Sherry Ortner, American anthropologist, followed by Maximilian Ortner.
    Where is the surname Ortner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ortner in Austria and the United States.
    Is the surname Ortner getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,335 in 2010, up 7.8%.