How common is the surname Arends?

2,972 people in the United States had the surname Arends in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,885 Americans. It ranked 10,739th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Arends?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Arends identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Arends?

Jacco Arends, badminton player.

Where is the surname Arends most common?

Wikidata records people named Arends in Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Is the surname Arends getting more or less common?

More common. 2,846 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,972 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Arends

A Dutch surname, carried by 2,972 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arends is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch and German Arends.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,972 people named Arends in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,885 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,846.

#10,739

rank among US surnames

2,972

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,375)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,731	DeFilippo	2,975	103,780
#10,736	Haman	2,974	103,815
#10,739	Arends	2,972	103,885
#10,743	Fifer	2,971	103,920
#10,747	Manos	2,970	103,955
#10,748	Hocking	2,969	103,990

Who is named Arends

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

94% of people named Arends identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Arendss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jacco Arends
Badminton player, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Arentz
Arenz
Arrants

Surnames that sound like Arends

Arends has the Soundex code A653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A653.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Arends come from?: Borrowed from Dutch and German Arends.
How common is the surname Arends?: 2,972 people in the United States had the surname Arends in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,885 Americans. It ranked 10,739th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arends?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Arends identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Arends?: Jacco Arends, badminton player.
Where is the surname Arends most common?: Wikidata records people named Arends in Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Is the surname Arends getting more or less common?: More common. 2,846 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,972 in 2010, up 4.4%.
What are other spellings of Arends?: Arentz, Arenz and Arrants.