Explore the Family Name Orahood

The meaning of Orahood

Probably an altered form of Orchard 3, itself a rare English variant of Scottish Urquhart. History: The Orahoods can trace their origin to Alexander, Joshua, and Thomas Orahood, who in the second half of the 18th century lived in VA and are believed to come to America from Scotland. Their surname is also listed in the forms Orrahud, Arahood, Arrowhood, and Orchard, the last one being the most likely original form.

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How common is the last name Orahood in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Orahood has grown in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname went from 54,880 to 50,362, an improvement of 8.23%. Concurrently, the number of bearers of the surname Orahood increased by 18.23%, from 351 to 415. In terms of proportion per 100,000 people, the surname Orahood also saw an increase of 7.69% over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#54,880	#50,362	8.23%
Count	351	415	18.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.14	7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Orahood

In regards to ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that most bearers of the surname Orahood identified as White, although this percentage dropped slightly from 96.58% in 2000 to 94.22% in 2010. The proportion of individuals with this surname identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase of more than 100%, rising from 1.42% in 2000 to 2.89% in 2010. Meanwhile, those identifying as two or more races decreased by 15.20%, from 1.71% in 2000 to 1.45% in 2010. No bearers of this surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.58%	94.22%	-2.44%
Hispanic	1.42%	2.89%	103.52%
Two or More Races	1.71%	1.45%	-15.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%