How common is the surname Arvin?

2,357 people in the United States had the surname Arvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,991 Americans. It ranked 13,029th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Arvin getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,357 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Arvin

A surname, carried by 2,357 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A615

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arvin is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,357 people named Arvin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,991 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,406.

#13,029

rank among US surnames

2,357

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #11,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,023	Knutsen	2,358	130,935
#13,029	Arvin	2,357	130,991
#13,034	Weight	2,356	131,046
#13,037	Cargile	2,355	131,102

Who is named Arvin

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

90% of people named Arvin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Arvin?: 2,357 people in the United States had the surname Arvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,991 Americans. It ranked 13,029th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arvin?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Arvin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Arvin getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,357 in 2010, down 2.0%.