# Aries (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/aries/  
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 | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 561 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,212 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 550,349 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.7% (521 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Scottish habitational surname from either of two minor places in Kirkcudbrightshire. * Borrowed from French Ariès, from the medieval personal name Yrieix.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Aries 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) | 43% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 49% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Aries in the United States.

## People named Aries

- Austin Aries, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

Arias, Arce, Ayres, Ares, Archie, Ayers, Araujo, Arriaga, Araiza, Arceo, Argo, Ariza.

## 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.