How common is the surname Arbogast?

5,625 people in the United States had the surname Arbogast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,888 Americans. It ranked 6,098th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Arbogast?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Arbogast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Arbogast getting more or less common?

More common. 5,428 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,625 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Arbogast

A surname, carried by 5,625 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arbogast is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Southwest German and French surname, of Germanic origin, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *arbī (“inheritance”) + *gasti (“stranger”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,625 people named Arbogast in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,888 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,428.

#6,098

rank among US surnames

5,625

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #5,838)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,093	Tolson	5,630	54,839
#6,094	Brenneman	5,629	54,849
#6,097	Westcott	5,626	54,878
#6,098	Coria	5,625	54,888
#6,100	Franzen	5,621	54,927
#6,102	Elizalde	5,620	54,937

Who is named Arbogast

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

95% of people named Arbogast identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Arbogast come from?: Southwest German and French surname, of Germanic origin, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *arbī (“inheritance”) + *gasti (“stranger”).
How common is the surname Arbogast?: 5,625 people in the United States had the surname Arbogast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,888 Americans. It ranked 6,098th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arbogast?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Arbogast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Arbogast getting more or less common?: More common. 5,428 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,625 in 2010, up 3.6%.