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    The surname Arneson

    A surname, carried by 4,665 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A652

    Arneson: #7,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arneson #7,171, 4,665 people Arneson: #7,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arneson #7,171, 4,665 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arneson is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,665 people named Arneson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,183 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,604.

    #7,171
    rank among US surnames
    4,665
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #6,748)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,164Arzola4,66966,127
    #7,165Rook4,66866,141
    #7,167Lomas4,66766,155
    #7,171Arneson4,66566,183
    #7,173Celaya4,66466,198
    #7,174Rude4,66166,240

    Who is named Arneson

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

    95% of people named Arneson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Arnesons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Carston Arneson
      American artist (1930-1992)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Arneson

    Arneson 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 Arneson?
    4,665 people in the United States had the surname Arneson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,183 Americans. It ranked 7,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arneson?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Arneson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Arneson?
    Robert Carston Arneson, American artist (1930-1992).
    Where is the surname Arneson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Arneson in the United States.
    Is the surname Arneson getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,665 in 2010, up 1.3%.