Örtïz

surname · Latin script

Örtïz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country, where it is the 27th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From the Basque personal name Orti (cf. Latin Forticius, Fortunius). Örtïz is also written Ортис in Cyrillic, ออร์ทิซ in Thai and Ορτίζ in Greek.

  • PRPuerto Rico≈1 in 67(inferred from the name graph)
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 110
  • COColombia≈1 in 150

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Örtïz itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Mexico (inferred from the name graph)

≈700,000 people, est.

#126 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames, spellings grouped

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
525 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 67 (inferred from the name graph)

Puerto Rico, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Örtïz in other scripts: Cyrillic, Thai and Greek

(measured from records)
ÖrtïzLatin(measured from records)
ОртисÖrtïz in Cyrillic(measured from records)
ออร์ทิซÖrtïz in Thai(measured from records)
ΟρτίζÖrtïz in Greek(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ortiz in US United States, MX Mexico, AR Argentina 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).

Cited for this meaning 2

  • Wiktionary
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where the surname Örtïz is found

(measured from records)

Örtïz 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.

Where Örtïz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MX Mexico#27≈700,000 est.≈1 in 18713KOrtiz271
CO Colombia#18≈340,000 est.≈1 in 154169Ortiz228
US United States#72286,8991 in 1.2K288KOrtiz525
AR Argentina#31156,0201 in 291156KOrtiz166
ES Spain#30114,4471 in 437114KOrtiz251
EC Ecuador—91,6301 in 18492KOrtiz107
PY Paraguay#14≈66,000 est.≈1 in 105—Ortiz82
PR Puerto Rico#11≈48,000 est.≈1 in 67—Ortiz132

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; RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); 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); 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).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Örtïz is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Türkiye, Philippines

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Ortiz, Ortíz, Ôrtiz, Örtiz, Ortiź

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Örtïz under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Örtïz 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].
Which countries have the most people with the surname Örtïz?
Mondonomo estimates about 701 thousand people named Örtïz in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ortiz. After it come Colombia, United States, Argentina and Spain; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Örtïz?
In the United States, the national register counted 286,899 people named Örtïz in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 thousand residents.
How common is Örtïz compared with other names?
In Mexico, Örtïz is the 27th most common surname of 206,803 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, “Örtïz” — ranked 24th in Mexico (RENAPO). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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