Explore the Family Name Arns

The meaning of Arns

German (North Rhine-Westphalia) and Dutch (Gelderland): variant of Arntz.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Arns saw a minor decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. Specifically, the ranking of this surname fell by 1.26% from 37,429 to 37,899 during this ten-year period. However, the count (the total number of people bearing this surname) slightly increased by 4.64% from 560 in 2000 to 586 in 2010. Simultaneously, the proportion per 100k people dropped by 4.76%, suggesting that while the absolute number of individuals named Arns increased, their percentage within the overall population became smaller.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,429	#37,899	-1.26%
Count	560	586	4.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.2	-4.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Arns

Turning to the issue of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals certain changes between 2000 and 2010 for the surname Arns. In terms of the white ethnicity, there was a slight decline of 3.32%, dropping from 92.14% to 89.08%. The Hispanic segment saw a significant increase of 96.46%, moving from 3.39% to 6.66%. There were decreases for both the black ethnicity and those of two or more races, with drops of 12.76% and 56.63% respectively. Furthermore, there was no recorded change for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities as the data for these ethnic groups was suppressed in 2000 for privacy reasons, but they each accounted for 0.85% of the total in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.14%	89.08%	-3.32%
Hispanic	3.39%	6.66%	96.46%
Black	1.96%	1.71%	-12.76%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.85%	0%
Two or More Races	1.96%	0.85%	-56.63%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.85%	0%