Örtíz
surname · Latin script
Örtíz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 72nd most common surname. Recorded meaning: From the Basque personal name Orti (cf. Latin Forticius, Fortunius).
- PRPuerto Rico≈1 in 72(inferred from the name graph)
- PYParaguay≈1 in 114
- ECEcuador1 in 184
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #126 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 525 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 72 (inferred from the name graph)
286,899 people, 2010
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Puerto Rico, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ortiz in US United States, AR Argentina, CO Colombia and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From the Basque personal name Orti (cf. Latin Forticius, Fortunius).
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Örtíz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #72 | 286,899 | 1 in 1.2K | 288K | Ortiz | 525 |
| CO Colombia | #18 | ≈250,000 est. | ≈1 in 200 | 169 | Ortiz | 228 |
| AR Argentina | #31 | 156,020 | 1 in 291 | 156K | Ortiz | 166 |
| ES Spain | #30 | 114,447 | 1 in 437 | 114K | Ortiz | 251 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 91,630 | 1 in 184 | 92K | Ortiz | 107 |
| PY Paraguay | #14 | ≈63,000 est. | ≈1 in 114 | — | Ortiz | 82 |
| PR Puerto Rico | #11 | ≈44,000 est. | ≈1 in 72 | — | Ortiz | 132 |
| SV El Salvador | #40 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 196 | 35K | Ortiz | 80 |
286,899 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the co-datosgov-candidates register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); El Salvador top-100 surnames (surnam.es / RNPN-derived); INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Örtíz mean, and where does it come from?
- From the Basque personal name Orti (cf. Latin Forticius, Fortunius). Recorded by Wiktionary and Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Örtíz have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 287 thousand people named Örtíz, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ortiz.
- How common is the name Örtíz?
- In the United States, the national register counted 286,899 people named Örtíz in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Örtíz compared with other names?
- In the United States, Örtíz is the 72nd most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Örtíz” — the 72nd most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.