Orosco is used as a family name or surname in Colombia. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Orosco
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Colombia
Meaning: Name worn in Spain, which is a town of Biscay. The place name is Basque and its meaning is obscure. Could match oratz (= sharp rock).

How popular is Orosco?

Orosco is common in Colombia.

Orosco is ranked 16889 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Orosco bearers increased by 6.549603 per cent in 2010 US census to 8313 since 2000, the surname slipped by 63 spots and ranked at 4273. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 89.25 90.02
White 6.63 6.37
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.46 1.6
Orosco is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bolivia is ahead in terms of density. Around 31098 people have been found who wears Orosco as their family name. Orosco is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,565 Costa Rica8
918,840 India5
90,215 Germany3
661,536 Indonesia3
2,794 El Salvador2
41,879 Turkey2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
4,367 Afghanistan2
6,353 Panama2
11,224 Cameroon2
10,284 Kuwait2
30,360 Thailand1
279,271 Australia1
7,292 Vietnam1
1,879 Belize1
28,746 Algeria1
2,877 Cuba1
36,678 Singapore1
9,498 Iceland1
153,416 Italy1
6,212 Jamaica1
29,046 Japan1
28,365 Kenya1
1,572 Macau1
3,586 Honduras1
5,916 Mozambique1
31,207 Ireland1
4,171 Rwanda1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
8,859 Iraq1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,591 Belgium37
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
32,811 Sweden29
57,220 Netherlands27
110,032 Canada23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,007 Chile72
4,367 Qatar58
64,420 England54
Countries with hundreds of Orosco:
1,834 Ecuador921
2,438 Venezuela903
3,073 Guatemala369
26,927 France367
12,195 Spain290
768 Trinidad and Tobago276
3,381 Dominican Republic144
13,194 Malaysia126
Countries with thousands of Orosco:
5,809 United States6,753
792 Peru6,070
551 Bolivia3,163
4,322 Philippines3,093
3,452 Mexico2,094
7,640 Brazil1,828
2,797 Argentina1,762
509 Nicaragua1,368
2,380 Colombia1,188
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Orosco
Orosco is a surname of Basque origin, topographic name, that is to say land adjacent to the house, domain name which applies to the owner.

Orosco Namesakes

  • Jesse Orosco, Baseball player
  • Raúl Orosco, Referee

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