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    The surname Ardelean

    A Romanian place surname, carried by 636 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A634

    Ardelean: #35,395 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ardelean #35,395, 636 people Ardelean: #35,395 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ardelean #35,395, 636 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ardelean is more common than 78.2% of them.

    Origin

    Romanian origin

    Borrowed from Romanian Ardelean, a habitational surname from ardelean (“Transylvanian”).

    Ardelean is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 636 people named Ardelean in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 485,449 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 548.

    #35,395
    rank among US surnames
    636
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.1%
    change since 2000 (was #38,035)

    Who is named Ardelean

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

    97% of people named Ardelean identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ardelean come from?
    Borrowed from Romanian Ardelean, a habitational surname from ardelean (“Transylvanian”).
    How common is the surname Ardelean?
    636 people in the United States had the surname Ardelean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 485,449 Americans. It ranked 35,395th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ardelean?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ardelean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Ardelean?
    Ardelean is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Ardelean getting more or less common?
    More common. 548 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 636 in 2010, up 16%.