Explore the Family Name Ornstein

The meaning of Ornstein

Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name composed of a variant of Horn (in regions where Yiddish has no h) + stein ‘stone’. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Avi, Golda.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Ornstein has seen a slight decrease in rank between 2000 and 2010, moving from the 29,296th to the 30,250th spot. That said, the actual count of people with this surname has marginally increased from 761 to 774 over that decade, reflecting a growth of 1.71%. However, when one considers this in terms of proportion per 100k people, there's a decline of 7.14%, suggesting that although the absolute numbers may have seen a slight increase, its popularity relative to other surnames has decreased.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,296	#30,250	-3.26%
Count	761	774	1.71%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.26	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ornstein

The Decennial U.S. Census data also provides insight into the ethnic identity associated with the surname Ornstein. As per the census, the majority of individuals with this surname identify as White, with a slight increase from 96.32% in 2000 to 96.90% in 2010. The proportion of Asian/Pacific Islanders bearing this surname increased by 36.36% during this period. On the other hand, there was a significant decrease in the number of those identifying as Hispanic, with a drop of 32.38%. The data for those identifying with two or more races, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either suppressed or remained at 0 across both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.32%	96.9%	0.6%
Hispanic	2.1%	1.42%	-32.38%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.66%	0.9%	36.36%
Two or More Races	0.79%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%