The Orndorff surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,145 people carried this name — #10,250 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,176 in 2000.

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In print

Orndorff in American newspapers,
1921.

Newspaper page from The Jones County News carrying the name Orndorff
The Jones County News 1921-08-25
Newspaper page from The Jones County News carrying the name Orndorff
The Jones County News 1921-06-16
Newspaper page from The Jones County News carrying the name Orndorff
The Jones County News 1921-06-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,846 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Orndorff,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alzina Orndorff DeGroff
    Alzina Orndorff DeGroff d. 1926 · hotel manager
  • Paul Orndorff 1949–2021 · professional wrestler

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Orndorff,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States170 records

170 records of the Orndorff name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 125
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 37
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clarence L. Orndorff

    Born 1924 in Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Roanoke; farm hand from Shenandoah County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Riverview Cemetery, Strasburg, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ronald Miles Orndorff

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1941, died 1998; buried at Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery, Flintstone, Maryland.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Gladys L. Orndorff

    Born 1913 in Canada. Registered as a foreign national in Wenatcnee, Washington, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 170 records for Orndorff in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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