The Ortiz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 286,899 people carried this name — #68 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,030 people counted. That is up 34% from 214,683 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Ortiz surname
From the Basque personal name Orti (cf. Latin Forticius, Fortunius).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ortiz» (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 156,020 people named Ortiz 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 1,187 people named Ortiz.
557 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 70 départements, most often Hérault.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
792 people named Ortiz live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 Poland’s population register
22 people named Ortiz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 80 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
200 people named Ortiz are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Ortiz in American newspapers,
1861–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 85,974 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ortiz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Blas Ortiz 1485–1552 · writer -
Juan Ortiz 1500– · military personnel -
Diego Ortiz 1510–1570 · composer -
Diego Ortiz de Zúñiga 1636–1680 · writer -
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez 1768–1829 · revolutionary
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 192 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ortiz.
- Orso 1,142 · U.S. census
- Orta 7,820 · U.S. census
- Ortega 127,256 · U.S. census
- Ortel 320 · U.S. census
- Orth 6,345 · U.S. census
- Ortis 1,584 · U.S. census
- Ortlieb 719 · U.S. census
- Ortolani 349 · U.S. census
- Orts 197 · U.S. census
- Ortuno 2,058 · U.S. census
- Orville 125 · U.S. census
- Ory 997 · U.S. census
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