The Orville surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 125 people carried this name — #134,712 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 119 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Orville.
Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Martinique.
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.
Who carried it
People named Orville,
with a public archive behind them.
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Philip M. Orville 1930–1980 · geologist
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Xavier Orville 1932–2001 · writer
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Hans d' Orville 1949– · economist
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Nathania Orville 2000– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Orville.
- Ortis 1,584 · U.S. census
- Ortiz 286,899 · U.S. census
- Ortlieb 719 · U.S. census
- Ortolani 349 · U.S. census
- Orts 197 · U.S. census
- Ortuno 2,058 · U.S. census
- Ory 997 · U.S. census
- Orzechowski 1,594 · U.S. census
- Oscar 1,781 · U.S. census
- Osche 189 · U.S. census
- Oser 1,134 · U.S. census
- Oses 191 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Orville is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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