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    The surname Arena

    A surname, carried by 6,706 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A650

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arena is more common than 96.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,706 people named Arena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,040 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,421.

    #5,209
    rank among US surnames
    6,706
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,014)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,204Farkas6,71445,985
    #5,206Lash6,71245,999
    #5,208Schnell6,70846,026
    #5,209Arena6,70646,040

    Who is named Arena

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

    86% of people named Arena identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Arenas

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bruce Arena
      American soccer coach, born 1951
    • Tina Arena
      Australian singer, songwriter and television personality, born 1967
    • Marie Arena
      Belgian politician, born 1966

    Notable Arenas come mostly from the United States (1), Australia (1) and Belgium (1).

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    Surnames that sound like Arena

    Arena has the Soundex code A650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Arena?
    6,706 people in the United States had the surname Arena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,040 Americans. It ranked 5,209th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arena?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Arena identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Arena?
    Bruce Arena, American soccer coach, followed by Tina Arena.
    Where is the surname Arena most common?
    Wikidata records people named Arena in the United States, Australia and Belgium.
    Is the surname Arena getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,706 in 2010, up 4.4%.