# Arya (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 996 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,961 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 309,985 people |
| Change since 2000 | +79% (558 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble, respectable”). Doublet of Aryan and Iran.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Arya 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) | 14% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 77% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 4.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Arya in the United Kingdom.

## People named Arya

- Ritu Arya, British actress

## Similar surnames

Araya, Ary, Arey, Arroyo, Auer, Ayer, Airey.

## 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.