How common is the surname Arrieta?

5,053 people in the United States had the surname Arrieta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,101 Americans. It ranked 6,684th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Arrieta?

Jake Arrieta, American baseball player (born 1986), followed by Cristian Arrieta.

Where is the surname Arrieta most common?

Wikidata records people named Arrieta in the United States.

Is the surname Arrieta getting more or less common?

More common. 3,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,053 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Arrieta

A Spanish surname, carried by 5,053 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arrieta is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Arrieta, from Basque Arrieta (literally “rocky place”).

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,053 people named Arrieta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,101 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,665.

#6,684

rank among US surnames

5,053

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+37.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,314)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,678	Fermin	5,057	61,053
#6,680	Runnels	5,055	61,077
#6,681	Muth	5,054	61,089
#6,684	Candelario	5,053	61,101
#6,688	Nevins	5,052	61,114
#6,690	Roos	5,051	61,126

Who is named Arrieta

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

88% of people named Arrieta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
White (not Hispanic) 7.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Two or more races 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Arrietas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jake Arrieta
American baseball player (born 1986)
Cristian Arrieta
American soccer player, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Arrieta

Arrieta has the Soundex code A630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A630.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Arrieta come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Arrieta, from Basque Arrieta (literally “rocky place”).
How common is the surname Arrieta?: 5,053 people in the United States had the surname Arrieta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,101 Americans. It ranked 6,684th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arrieta?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Arrieta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Arrieta?: Jake Arrieta, American baseball player (born 1986), followed by Cristian Arrieta.
Where is the surname Arrieta most common?: Wikidata records people named Arrieta in the United States.
Is the surname Arrieta getting more or less common?: More common. 3,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,053 in 2010, up 38%.