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    The surname Arnette

    A surname, carried by 2,544 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A653

    Arnette: #12,231 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arnette #12,231, 2,544 people Arnette: #12,231 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arnette #12,231, 2,544 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arnette is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,544 people named Arnette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,362 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,510.

    #12,231
    rank among US surnames
    2,544
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,505)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,227Greenhalgh2,546121,267
    #12,229Check2,545121,315
    #12,231Dumond2,544121,362
    #12,236Maly2,543121,410
    #12,238Doby2,542121,458

    Who is named Arnette

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

    76% of people named Arnette identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Arnettes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jay Arnette
      American basketball player, born 1938
    • Jeannetta Arnette
      American actress (born 1954)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Arnette

    Arnette has the Soundex code A653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A653.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Arnette?
    2,544 people in the United States had the surname Arnette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,362 Americans. It ranked 12,231st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arnette?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Arnette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Arnette?
    Jay Arnette, American basketball player, followed by Jeannetta Arnette.
    Where is the surname Arnette most common?
    Wikidata records people named Arnette in the United States.
    Is the surname Arnette getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,510 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,544 in 2010, up 1.4%.