Oršoš families are mainly Roms and they are mostly from Cakovec area , also Croats (from Koprivnica ), very rarely Romanians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area. In places Trnovec and Držimurec in Cakovec area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Oršoš.
Prevalence
About 1600 people with faimily name Oršoš live in Croatia today, in 470 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 69 other places, mostly in Trnovec in Cakovec area (225), Pribislavec (170), Kotoriba in Prelog area (105), Kursanec (100), and in Drzimurec in Cakovec area (95).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.