The surname Arellano
A Spanish surname, carried by 50,104 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex A645
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Arellano, from Basque.
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 50,104 people named Arellano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,162 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 34,999.
Who is named Arellano
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Arellano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
- Two or more races 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Arellano has the Soundex code A645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A645.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Arellano come from?
- From Spanish Arellano, from Basque.
- How common is the surname Arellano?
- 50,104 people in the United States had the surname Arellano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,162 Americans. It ranked 687th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Arellano?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Arellano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Arellano getting more or less common?
- More common. 34,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 50,104 in 2010, up 43%.