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    The surname Arant

    A surname, carried by 2,096 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A653

    Arant: #14,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arant #14,286, 2,096 people Arant: #14,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arant #14,286, 2,096 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arant is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,096 people named Arant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,625.

    #14,286
    rank among US surnames
    2,096
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29%
    change since 2000 (was #16,326)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,279Wiersma2,097147,232
    #14,286Lusby2,096147,302
    #14,294Oehler2,095147,373

    Who is named Arant

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

    82% of people named Arant identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Arant

    Arant has the Soundex code A653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A653.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Arant?
    2,096 people in the United States had the surname Arant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. It ranked 14,286th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arant?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Arant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Arant getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,096 in 2010, up 29%.