# Arana (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/arana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,698 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,347 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,860 people |
| Change since 2000 | +54% (6,957 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Arana in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 80% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Arana in Spain, Argentina, the United States, Brazil and Bolivia.

## People named Arana

- Sabino Arana, Basque nationalist, writer and politician (1865–1903)
- Guilherme Arana, Brazilian association football player
- Facundo Arana, Argentine actor
- Tomas Arana, American actor
- Hugo Arana, Argentine actor
- Luis Arana, Basque politician (1862-1951)
- Ronald Arana, Bolivian footballer
- Marie Arana, American journalist

## Similar surnames

Arena, Aron, Arno, Arne, Arrona, Aaron, Ahern, Ahearn, Arney.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.