# Araujo (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,856 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,908 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,374 people |
| Change since 2000 | +49% (12,646 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Araújo. Probably from arar (“to plough”), hence ploughland.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Araujo 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) | 27% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 69% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Araujo in Brazil, Argentina and the United States.

## People named Araujo

- Leonardo Araújo, Brazilian association football player
- Taís Araújo, Brazilian actress and TV presenter
- Márcio Araújo, Brazilian association football player
- Edson Araújo, Brazilian association football player
- Luiz Araújo, Brazilian association football player
- Vinícius Araújo, Brazilian association football player
- Sergio Araujo, Argentine player
- Lukian Araújo de Almeida, Brazilian association football player
- Ernesto Araújo, Brazilian diplomat
- Rafael Araújo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1980)
- Luiz Alberto de Araújo, Brazilian decathlete
- Natália Araujo, Brazilian indoor volleyball player

and 15 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Arauz, Arias, Ayers, Arce, Arriaga, Ayres, Araiza, Archie, Arceo, Argo, Ariza, Arocho.

## 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.