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    The surname Arauz

    A Spanish surname, carried by 2,156 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A620

    Arauz: #13,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arauz #13,981, 2,156 people Arauz: #13,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arauz #13,981, 2,156 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arauz is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Arauz, from Basque Araotz.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,156 people named Arauz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,203 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,531.

    #13,981
    rank among US surnames
    2,156
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,101)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,974Barkman2,158143,070
    #13,976Sarkar2,157143,137
    #13,981Arauz2,156143,203
    #13,985Chatterjee2,155143,269

    Who is named Arauz

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

    93% of people named Arauz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Arauz

    Arauz has the Soundex code A620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A620.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Arauz come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Arauz, from Basque Araotz.
    How common is the surname Arauz?
    2,156 people in the United States had the surname Arauz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,203 Americans. It ranked 13,981st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arauz?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Arauz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Arauz getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,156 in 2010, up 41%.