Orosz
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Russian (of or relating to Russia, its people or language)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɔɹəʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Orosz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hungary it is the 61st most common surname.
- HUHungary≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 221K
- RORomania≈1 in 29K
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)
- Sources
- 148 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hungary, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Russian (of or relating to Russia, its people or language)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Orosz 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 194K | — | Orosz | 2 |
| HU Hungary | #61 | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 16K | Orosz | 136 |
| US United States | — | 1,502 | 1 in 221K | 1.6K | Orosz | 148 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Orosz | 30 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 117K | — | Orosz | 28 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 63 | 1 in 133K | 63 | — | 10 |
| FI Finland | — | 40 | 1 in 139K | 40 | — | 2 |
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: Nyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pál Oroszb. 1934HUHungarian association footballer and Olympic coach (1934-2014)
- István Oroszb. 1935HUHungarian historian, politician, teacher (1935-2024)
- Adél Oroszb. 1938HU(1938--) ballet dancer
- István Oroszb. 1951HUartist (born 1951)
- Helma Oroszb. 1953DEGerman politician (CDU), MdL Saxony, mayor of Dresden (born 1953)
- Atanáz Oroszb. 1960HUHungarian bishop of the Catholic Eparchy of Miskolc
- Ferenc Oroszb. 1969HUHungarian football player
- Dénes Oroszb. 1977HUwriter, film director
- Ákos Oroszb. 1985HUHungarian actor
- Anna Oroszb. 1989HUHungarian politician and economist
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 17 countries.
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Orosz mean, and where does it come from?
- Russian (of or relating to Russia, its people or language) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Orosz?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɔɹəʃ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Orosz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.2 thousand people named Orosz in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled orosz.
- How common is the name Orosz?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,502 people named Orosz in 2010, about 1 in 221 thousand residents.
- How common is Orosz compared with other names?
- In Hungary, Orosz is the 61st most common surname of 88,284 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/oroszThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Orosz” — the 61st most common surname in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.