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The Ordonez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,498 people carried this name — #1,952 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,900 people counted. That is up 63% from 11,366 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ordonez surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From Ordoño + -ez.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Ordonez» (English) and «Ordóñez» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 16,610 people named Ordonez live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 4,821
Córdoba 2,710
Santa Fe 1,783
Salta 1,323
City of Buenos Aires 1,135
Tucumán 1,067
Santiago del Estero 900
Mendoza 627

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

156 people named Ordonez live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 63
Vaud 33
Zurich 25
Lucerne 8
Fribourg 6
Aargau 5
Jura 4
Neuchâtel 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Ordonez.

Most of them — 47 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 47
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 5
Landes 5
Gers 3
Val-d’Oise 1
Paris 1
Haute-Savoie 1
Savoie 1
Bas-Rhin 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Ordonez in American newspapers,
1899.

Newspaper page from The Sauk Centre Herald carrying the name Ordonez
The Sauk Centre Herald 1899-07-06
Newspaper page from Clarke Courier carrying the name Ordonez
Clarke Courier 1899-08-16
Newspaper page from The Mount Holly News carrying the name Ordonez
The Mount Holly News 1899-08-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,133 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ordonez,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Maïté
    Maïté 1938–2024 · actor
  • Alfonso Ordonez d. 1521 · translator
  • Angel Riesgo Ordonez d. 1969 · entomologist
  • Josefa Ordonez 1720– · actor
  • Emilio Ordonez 1899– · botanical collector
  • Vanessa Ordonez 1986– · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Ordonez.

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