Explore the Family Name Orelus

The meaning of Orelus

Haitian: from an altered form of the Latin personal name Aurelius (see Aurelio). Compare Dorelus.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Orelus has significantly increased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 101,157th most common name in the United States but by 2010, it had jumped to the 59,901st spot, a sizable increase of about 40.78 percent. The number of people bearing this surname also rose from 165 in 2000 to 337 in 2010, representing an impressive growth of 104.24 percent. Consequently, the proportion of individuals with the Orelus surname per 100,000 people grew by 83.33 percent during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#101,157	#59,901	40.78%
Count	165	337	104.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.06	0.11	83.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Orelus

The ethnicity associated with the surname Orelus changed slightly from 2000 to 2010, as per data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The largest ethnic identity affiliated with the Orelus surname is Black, accounting for 84.85 percent in 2000 and increasing to 94.36 percent in 2010, indicating an 11.21 percent change. Meanwhile, there was a decrease in the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic, moving from 4.85 percent in 2000 to 2.97 percent in 2010, a decline of 38.76 percent. The census did not record any individuals with the Orelus surname who identified as White, Asian/Pacific Islander, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. In 2000, 8.48 percent of individuals with the Orelus surname identified as belonging to two or more races, but that percentage dropped to zero by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	84.85%	94.36%	11.21%
Hispanic	4.85%	2.97%	-38.76%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	8.48%	0%	0%
White	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%