Orten

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

Orten is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 964K(measured from records)
  • NONorway1 in 20K
  • BZBelize≈1 in 127K

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)

345 people, 2010

Sources
145 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Orten 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 Orten is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3451 in 964K373Orten145
NO Norway2721 in 20K272Orten11
DE Germany≈55 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Orten34
IT Italy≈43 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Orten2
AU Australia≈41 est.≈1 in 620K—Orten7
LB Lebanon≈27 est.≈1 in 203K—Orten1
AT Austria≈21 est.≈1 in 415K—Orten6
SG Singapore≈17 est.≈1 in 363K—Orten1
BZ Belize≈3 est.≈1 in 127K—Orten1

345 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 2000; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)

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

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Colombia, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Örten

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Örten

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Örten, Ortèn

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Örten

35 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Orten is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, definite singular of ort

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, to locate

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19001920194019601980Jiří Orten, b. 1919Bjarne Orten, b. 1919Per Eilert Orten, b. 1954Øystein Orten, b. 1962Helge Orten, b. 1966

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)

FormalDear Mr Orten,
InformalHi Orten,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Orten
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000373#52,289
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010345#58,735
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020299#70,545
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—272#5,717
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

How do you pronounce Orten?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɔɹtən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Orten have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 345 people named Orten, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled orten.
Where is Orten most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Orten is densest in Norway — about 1 in 20 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Orten?
In the United States, the national register counted 345 people named Orten in 2010, about 1 in 964 thousand residents.

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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, “Orten”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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