# Arenas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/arenas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,809 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,035 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,145 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (8,220 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Arenas in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Arenas in the United States, Colombia and Spain.

## People named Arenas

- Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
- Sandra Arenas, Athletics (sport) competitor
- Valtonyc, Balearic rapper

## Similar surnames

Ahrens, Arens, Armas, Arneson, Armes, Arencibia, Armstrong, Arrington, Armijo, Armstead, Arango, Aronson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.