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    The surname Aerts

    A Dutch surname, carried by 533 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex A632

    Aerts: #40,909 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Aerts #40,909, 533 people Aerts: #40,909 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Aerts #40,909, 533 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aerts is more common than 74.8% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Aerts, a particularly common surname in Belgium.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 533 people named Aerts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 494.

    #40,909
    rank among US surnames
    533
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.9%
    change since 2000 (was #41,522)

    Who is named Aerts

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Aerts identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Aertss

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Conny Aerts
      Belgian astronomer and astrophysicist, born 1966
    • Mario Aerts
      Belgian cyclist, born 1974
    • Jean Aerts
      Belgian cyclist (1907–1992)
    • Toon Aerts
      Belgian cyclist, born 1993
    • Lodewijk Aerts
      Belgian roman catholic bishop, born 1959
    • Sara Aerts
      Belgian bobsleigh and track and field athlete, born 1984
    • Émile Aerts
      Belgian bicycle racer (1892-1953)
    • Katrien Aerts
      Belgian skier, born 1976
    • Nelson Aerts
      Brazilian tennis player, born 1963

    Notable Aertss come mostly from Belgium (8) and Brazil (1).

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    Surnames that sound like Aerts

    Aerts has the Soundex code A632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A632.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Aerts come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Aerts, a particularly common surname in Belgium.
    How common is the surname Aerts?
    533 people in the United States had the surname Aerts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. It ranked 40,909th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Aerts?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Aerts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Aerts?
    Conny Aerts, Belgian astronomer and astrophysicist, followed by Mario Aerts.
    Where is the surname Aerts most common?
    Wikidata records people named Aerts in Belgium and Brazil.
    Is the surname Aerts getting more or less common?
    More common. 494 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 533 in 2010, up 7.9%.