The Ore surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,862 people carried this name — #15,673 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,783 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 443 people named Ore 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Ore.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Vendée.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Ore in American newspapers,
1880–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,969,459 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ore,
with a public archive behind them.
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Øystein Ore 1899–1968 · mathematician -
Ādams Ore 1855–1927 · musician
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Ryngold Ore 1931–1968 · composer
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Ryngold Ore 1931–1968 · composer
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John Ore 1933–2014 · musician
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Knut M. Ore 1946– · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ore.
- Orand 348 · U.S. census
- Orange 4,350 · U.S. census
- Orban 1,485 · U.S. census
- Ordas 252 · U.S. census
- Ordonez 18,498 · U.S. census
- Orduna 2,435 · U.S. census
- Orefice 709 · U.S. census
- Orel 349 · U.S. census
- Oren 1,766 · U.S. census
- Orengo 1,066 · U.S. census
- Orgel 387 · U.S. census
- Ori 613 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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