How common is the surname Orton?

6,720 people in the United States had the surname Orton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,944 Americans. It ranked 5,201st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Orton?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Orton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Orton?

Randy Orton, American professional wrestler (born 1980), followed by Bob Orton Jr..

Where is the surname Orton most common?

Wikidata records people named Orton in the United States.

How do you pronounce Orton?

Orton is /ˈɔɹ.tən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Orton getting more or less common?

More common. 6,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,720 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Orton

A surname, carried by 6,720 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɔɹ.tən/ 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). Orton is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,720 people named Orton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,944 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,246.

#5,201

rank among US surnames

6,720

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #5,154)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,192	Albritton	6,737	45,828
#5,194	Wisdom	6,734	45,849
#5,195	Bremer	6,733	45,856
#5,196	Rountree	6,726	45,903
#5,197	Roybal	6,725	45,910
#5,198	Zachary	6,724	45,917
#5,199	Somerville	6,721	45,937

Who is named Orton

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

92% of people named Orton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ortons

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Randy Orton
American professional wrestler (born 1980)
Bob Orton Jr.
American professional wrestler (born 1950)
Bob Orton
American professional wrestler (1929–2006)
Daniel Orton
American basketball player (born 1990)
Bill Orton
American politician (1948-2009)
Barry Orton
American professional wrestler (1958–2021)
Kyle Orton
American football quarterback, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Orton

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

Questions

How common is the surname Orton?: 6,720 people in the United States had the surname Orton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,944 Americans. It ranked 5,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Orton?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Orton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Orton?: Randy Orton, American professional wrestler (born 1980), followed by Bob Orton Jr..
Where is the surname Orton most common?: Wikidata records people named Orton in the United States.
How do you pronounce Orton?: Orton is /ˈɔɹ.tən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Orton getting more or less common?: More common. 6,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,720 in 2010, up 7.6%.