# Arndt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/arndt/  
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) | 14,031 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,576 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,005 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.1% (14,052 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Arndt.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Arndt 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Arndt in the United States, Germany, Australia and German Reich.

## People named Arndt

- Michael Arndt, American screenwriter
- Felix Arndt, American pianist and composer (1889–1918)
- Bettina Arndt, Australian sex therapist and social commentator
- Ernst Arndt, Austrian stage and film actor (1862-1942)
- Mark Arndt, Archbishop of Berlin, Germany and of Great Britain of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside 
- NZo, American professional wrestler and rapper
- Lissy Arna, actress (1900–1964)

## Similar surnames

Arendt, Ahrendt, Aranda, Arnett, Arends, Arnette, Arnott, Arant, Arend, Aurand, Arnaud, Arent.

## 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.