Explore the Family Name Arn

The meaning of Arn

1. Swedish: from a short form of any of the many Norse names of which arn ‘eagle’ is the first element, for example Arnbjorn, Arnfinn, or Arnsten. 2. Swiss German: habitational name from Arn near Zurich, or referring to a house named from Middle High German arn ‘eagle’. 3. English: variant of Arne.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Arn has seen a steady rise in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname improved from 29,543 to 29,403, representing an increase of 0.47%. In terms of actual count, the number of individuals bearing the Arn surname increased by 6.77% from 753 in 2000 to 804 in 2010. However, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 population decreased slightly by -3.57%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,543	#29,403	0.47%
Count	753	804	6.77%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.27	-3.57%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Arn

The ethnicity or ethnic identity associated with the Arn surname has also seen some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The largest ethnic group associated with this surname remained White, accounting for 95.27% in 2010, down slightly from 95.88% in 2000. The percentage of those identified as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased significantly from 1.46% to 0.87%. There was a noteworthy increase in the Hispanic representation from 1.20% to 1.62%. Furthermore, there were no individuals of Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity associated with the Arn surname in 2000; however, both categories accounted for 1.00% and 0.62% respectively in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.88%	95.27%	-0.64%
Hispanic	1.2%	1.62%	35%
Black	0%	1%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.46%	0.87%	-40.41%
Two or More Races	0%	0.62%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.62%	0%