Orosco

surname · Latin script

Meaning: El que vive en el monte

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/oɾosko/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Orosco is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BOBolivia≈1 in 2.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 4.3K
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 5K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈9,400 people, est.

Sources
213 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Bolivia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

El que vive en el monte

Sources 1

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Where in the world(measured from records)

Orosco 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 Orosco is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈9,400 est.≈1 in 149K—Orosco5
US United States—8,3131 in 40K8.3KOrosco213
PE Peru#594≈7,400 est.≈1 in 4.3K—Orosco66
PH Philippines—≈5,300 est.≈1 in 21K—Orosco33
PK Pakistan—≈4,600 est.≈1 in 51K—Orosco1
BO Bolivia#197≈4,000 est.≈1 in 2.9K—Orosco39
AR Argentina—3,3381 in 14K3.3KOrosco60
CO Colombia—≈2,400 est.≈1 in 20K—Orosco40
NI Nicaragua#337≈1,200 est.≈1 in 5K—Orosco10

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; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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)

Orosco is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ôrôscô

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Peru

    Also written Orosço

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, Peru, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Örösčö

  • English (Trinidad & Tobago) surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Trinidad & Tobago, United States

    Also written O'Rosco

39 further groups 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000César Orosco, b. 1930Jesse Orosco, b. 1957Thierry Orosco, b. 1961Johnny Orozco, b. 1970Raúl Orosco, b. 1979Vanessa Damo Orosco, b. 1981Deyvis Orosco, b. 1986

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Orosco,Dear Orosco, (English)
InformalHola Orosco,Hi Orosco, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Orosco
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020108.3K#4,273
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020007.8K#4,210
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020206.9K#4,954
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—3.3K—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Orosco mean, and where does it come from?
El que vive en el monte Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado.
How do you pronounce Orosco?
A machine transcription gives /oɾosko/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Orosco have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 9.4 thousand people named Orosco in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled orosco.
How common is the name Orosco?
In the United States, the national register counted 8,313 people named Orosco in 2010, about 1 in 40 thousand residents.
How common is Orosco compared with other names?
In Bolivia, Orosco is the 197th most common surname of 29,432 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, “Orosco” — the 197th most common surname in Bolivia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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