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    The surname Arenas

    A Spanish surname, carried by 11,809 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A652

    Arenas: #3,035 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Arenas #3,035, 11,809 people Arenas: #3,035 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arenas #3,035, 11,809 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arenas is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish.

    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 11,809 people named Arenas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,145 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,220.

    #3,035
    rank among US surnames
    11,809
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,970)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,026Stuckey11,84626,063
    #3,027Brumfield11,84226,072
    #3,028Lankford11,83426,090
    #3,029Bolanos11,82926,101
    #3,031Shanks11,82226,116
    #3,032O'Sullivan11,81826,125
    #3,033Delvalle11,81626,129

    Who is named Arenas

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

    89% of people named Arenas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Arenass

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gilbert Arenas
      American basketball player, born 1982
    • Sandra Arenas
      Athletics (sport) competitor, born 1993
    • Valtonyc
      Balearic rapper, born 1993

    Notable Arenass come mostly from the United States (1), Colombia (1) and Spain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Arenas

    Arenas has the Soundex code A652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A652.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Arenas come from?
    From Spanish.
    How common is the surname Arenas?
    11,809 people in the United States had the surname Arenas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,145 Americans. It ranked 3,035th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arenas?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Arenas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Arenas?
    Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player, followed by Sandra Arenas.
    Where is the surname Arenas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Arenas in the United States, Colombia and Spain.
    Is the surname Arenas getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,220 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,809 in 2010, up 44%.