# Arends (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,972 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,739 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 103,885 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (2,846 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Arentz, Arenz, Arrants |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and German Arends.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Arends 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Arends in Kingdom of the Netherlands.

## People named Arends

- Jacco Arends, badminton player

## Similar surnames

Aranda, Arndt, Arendt, Arend, Arnaud, Arent, Ahrendt, Arnett, Armitage, Arnette, Arnott, Arant.

## 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.