How common is the surname Orvis?

1,762 people in the United States had the surname Orvis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,224 Americans. It ranked 16,349th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Orvis getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,907 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,762 in 2010, down 7.6%.

The surname Orvis

A surname, carried by 1,762 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orvis is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,762 people named Orvis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,224 Americans. That is down 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,907.

#16,349

rank among US surnames

1,762

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-7.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,391)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,343	Scheffer	1,763	175,125
#16,349	Mecca	1,762	175,224

Who is named Orvis

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

90% of people named Orvis identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Orvis?: 1,762 people in the United States had the surname Orvis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,224 Americans. It ranked 16,349th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Orvis?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Orvis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Orvis getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,907 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,762 in 2010, down 7.6%.