How common is the surname Orwig?

1,585 people in the United States had the surname Orwig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,792 Americans. It ranked 17,699th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Orwig?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Orwig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Orwig getting more or less common?

More common. 1,524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,585 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Orwig

A surname, carried by 1,585 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orwig is more common than 89.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,585 people named Orwig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,792 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,524.

#17,699

rank among US surnames

1,585

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #17,158)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,691	Pangburn	1,586	194,669
#17,699	Orwig	1,585	194,792

Who is named Orwig

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

97% of people named Orwig identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Orwig

Orsi

Orwig has the Soundex code O620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O620.

Questions

How common is the surname Orwig?: 1,585 people in the United States had the surname Orwig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,792 Americans. It ranked 17,699th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Orwig?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Orwig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Orwig getting more or less common?: More common. 1,524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,585 in 2010, up 4.0%.