How common is the surname Arms?

3,854 people in the United States had the surname Arms in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,110 Americans. It ranked 8,541st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Arms?

Russell Arms, American singer, actor (1920-2012).

Where is the surname Arms most common?

Wikidata records people named Arms in the United States.

Is the surname Arms getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,854 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Arms

A surname, carried by 3,854 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex A652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arms is more common than 94.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,854 people named Arms in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,110 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,877.

#8,541

rank among US surnames

3,854

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,532	Mannino	3,857	80,048
#8,534	Ludlow	3,856	80,069
#8,536	Louden	3,855	80,090
#8,541	Petrone	3,854	80,110
#8,547	Winner	3,853	80,131

Who is named Arms

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

87% of people named Arms identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Armss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Russell Arms
American singer, actor (1920-2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Arms

Arms 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 Arms?: 3,854 people in the United States had the surname Arms in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,110 Americans. It ranked 8,541st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arms?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Arms identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Arms?: Russell Arms, American singer, actor (1920-2012).
Where is the surname Arms most common?: Wikidata records people named Arms in the United States.
Is the surname Arms getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,854 in 2010, down 0.6%.