Explore the Family Name Arensberg

The meaning of Arensberg

North German and Swedish (of German origin): habitational name from a place called as ‘eagle’s mountain’ (see Arend and Berg), probably Ahrensberg in Mecklenburg. Compare Darensbourg.

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How common is the last name Arensberg in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Arensberg saw a decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Arensberg ranked 61,544 in popularity, but that number dropped by about 7% to 65,782 in 2010. The count of individuals with this surname also decreased slightly from 305 in 2000 to 301 in 2010, a decline of approximately 1.3%. Furthermore, the proportion of the population with the surname Arensberg per 100,000 people also fell from 0.11 in 2000 to 0.10 in 2010, a drop of roughly 9%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,544	#65,782	-6.89%
Count	305	301	-1.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Arensberg

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some shifts in the ethnic identity among people with the surname Arensberg from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of Arensbergs identifying as White decreased by approximately 4%, falling from 96.07% to 92.36%. Meanwhile, those identifying as having two or more races increased substantially from 1.97% to 3.65%, an impressive growth of around 85%. No individual identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, compared to 1.64% in 2000. The Hispanic representation within the Arensberg surname increased from 0% in 2000 to 2.66% in 2010. There were no changes reported for those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.07%	92.36%	-3.86%
Two or More Races	1.97%	3.65%	85.28%
Hispanic	0%	2.66%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.64%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%