# Arne (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/arne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 611 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,585 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 505,312 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.1% (565 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

For the given name, a short form of Old Norse compound names beginning with arn- (“eagle”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Arne 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Arne in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Arne

- Thomas Arne, 18th-century British composer
- Michael Arne, British composer

## Similar surnames

Arana, Arena, Arney, Aron, Arno, Aaron, Ahern, Ahearn, Arrona.

## 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.