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The Orengo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,066 people carried this name — #23,737 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is up 24% from 857 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Orengo surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the Late Latin personal name Aurengus or Orengus, a contracted form of some Germanic personal name.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Orengo» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 428 people named Orengo.

44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 44
Alpes-Maritimes 245
Bouches-du-Rhône 38
Var 35
Haute-Garonne 13
Gard 7
Hérault 7
Paris 7
Yvelines 6

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 116 people named Orengo 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 32
City of Buenos Aires 25
Santa Fe 19
Río Negro 16
Corrientes 13
San Luis 11

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Orengo is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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