How common is the surname Ahrens?

10,182 people in the United States had the surname Ahrens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,323 Americans. It ranked 3,508th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ahrens?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ahrens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ahrens?

Mariella Ahrens, actress and model from Germany, followed by Chris Ahrens.

Where is the surname Ahrens most common?

Wikidata records people named Ahrens in Germany, the United States and the Russian Empire.

Is the surname Ahrens getting more or less common?

More common. 9,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,182 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Ahrens

A surname, carried by 10,182 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ahrens is more common than 97.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,182 people named Ahrens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,323 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,895.

#3,508

rank among US surnames

10,182

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,317)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,499	Mendenhall	10,213	30,231
#3,502	Dorn	10,206	30,251
#3,503	Tavarez	10,201	30,266
#3,504	Sowers	10,198	30,275
#3,505	Andrus	10,197	30,278
#3,506	Glick	10,196	30,281
#3,507	Everhart	10,186	30,311

Who is named Ahrens

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

95% of people named Ahrens identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ahrenss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mariella Ahrens
Actress and model from Germany, born 1969
Chris Ahrens
American rower, born 1976
Eduard Ahrens
Baltic German clergyman and linguist (1803-1863)

Notable Ahrenss come mostly from Germany (1), the United States (1) and the Russian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ahrens

Ahrens has the Soundex code A652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A652.

Questions

How common is the surname Ahrens?: 10,182 people in the United States had the surname Ahrens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,323 Americans. It ranked 3,508th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ahrens?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ahrens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ahrens?: Mariella Ahrens, actress and model from Germany, followed by Chris Ahrens.
Where is the surname Ahrens most common?: Wikidata records people named Ahrens in Germany, the United States and the Russian Empire.
Is the surname Ahrens getting more or less common?: More common. 9,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,182 in 2010, up 2.9%.