# Arlen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/arlen/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 379 |
| US rank (2010) | 54,418 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 814,632 people |
| Change since 2000 | -18.5% (465 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Arlen 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) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Arlen in the United States and Austria.

## People named Arlen

- Richard Arlen, American actor (1899–1976)
- Betty Arlen, American actress (1909-1966)
- Judith Arlen, American actress (1914-1968)
- Victoria Arlen, American paralympic swimmer
- Walter Arlen, Austrian American composer and music critic (1920–2023)
- Alice Arlen, American screenwriter (1940-2016)

## Similar surnames

Arellano, Arline, Arellanes.

## 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.