How common is the surname Arens?

3,060 people in the United States had the surname Arens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,897 Americans. It ranked 10,487th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Arens?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Arens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Arens getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,067 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,060 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Arens

A surname, carried by 3,060 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arens is more common than 93.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,060 people named Arens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,897 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,067.

#10,487

rank among US surnames

3,060

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,723)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,480	Putney	3,065	100,733
#10,484	Caylor	3,064	100,766
#10,486	Caffrey	3,062	100,831
#10,487	Arens	3,060	100,897
#10,491	Garth	3,059	100,930

Who is named Arens

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

96% of people named Arens identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Arens

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

Questions

How common is the surname Arens?: 3,060 people in the United States had the surname Arens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,897 Americans. It ranked 10,487th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arens?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Arens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Arens getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,067 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,060 in 2010, down 0.2%.