Last Name ORCHARD

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Meaning Local: At the orchard. Many local terms took an initial 'n,' which in reality was the final letter of the preffix '-atten' (at the). Thus arose Noakes, Nash, Nalder, Nangle, etc. Orchard was no exception.
A collection of fruit trees.
Local: Aa inclosure of fruit-trees. 'Orcheard,' Gaelic, a goldsmith.
Origin English, Scottish, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank 12,657 (2000 US census) 12,363 (1990 US census)
Count 2,241 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.05%, or 2130 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.58%, or 13 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.45%, or 10 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.36%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.29%, or 29 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.28%, or 51 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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