Explore the Family Name Arment

The meaning of Arment

1. Altered form of French Armand. 2. In some cases possibly also northern French: metonymic occupational name for a herdsman, from Old French arment ‘cattle, livestock’ (from Latin armenta ‘herds’). This surname is very rare in France.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Arment has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 28,353 and this dropped by 4.61% to 29,661 in 2010. However, the count of individuals with the surname Arment remained relatively stable across the decade, growing marginally from 793 to 794. As per the data, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 also saw a decline of 6.9%, moving from 0.29 to 0.27 over these years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,353	#29,661	-4.61%
Count	793	794	0.13%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.27	-6.9%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Arment

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Arment also evolved between 2000 and 2010 as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. The most significant change was noted within the Hispanic community which saw an increase of 33%, growing from 3.03% to 4.03%. Interestingly, individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Black under this surname emerged in 2010, both constituting 0.88% of the population, where there were none in 2000. There was a small decrease among those who identified as White (-0.67%) and those who belonged to two or more races (-10.32%). Lastly, there was a 16.56% decrease among American Indian and Alaskan Natives with the surname Arment.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.43%	91.81%	-0.67%
Hispanic	3.03%	4.03%	33%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.51%	1.26%	-16.56%
Two or More Races	1.26%	1.13%	-10.32%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.88%	0%
Black	0%	0.88%	0%