The Orona surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,145 people carried this name — #5,649 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,100 people counted. That is up 22% from 5,032 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 7,041 people named Orona 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 3,130
Córdoba 1,608
Santa Fe 727
Santiago del Estero 583
City of Buenos Aires 211
Tucumán 195
Entre Ríos 104
La Pampa 65

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

In print

Orona in American newspapers,
1906–1920.

Newspaper page from The Alaska Daily Empire carrying the name Orona
The Alaska Daily Empire 1920-08-30
Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Orona
Bisbee Daily Review 1906-07-31
Newspaper page from The Daily Ardmoreite carrying the name Orona
The Daily Ardmoreite 1918-01-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,627 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Orona in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1910s.

61 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Orona. The most, 42, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 37
South Australia 10
Victoria 10
Western Australia 2
Queensland 1
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Orona.

In the public record

People named Orona,
in the records of 2 countries.

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 States192 records

192 records of the Orona name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 112
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 52
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 27
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Daniel A. Orona

    Born 1920 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; auto mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    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 John P. Orona

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Gulf War. Born 1971, died 2001; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    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 Luisa Orona

    Born 1862 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Fort Collins, Colorado, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 192 records for Orona in the United States.

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

France3 records

3 records of the Orona name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Daniel Cirilo Orona

    Born 1915 in Spain; died 1996 in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Orona in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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