Explore the Family Name Arps

The meaning of Arps

1. North German: patronymic from Arp. 2. Americanized form of German Erbes.

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

The surname "Arps" has seen a slight fluctuation in popularity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 32,856th in terms of prevalence and rose to 33,894th by 2010, reflecting a decrease in rank of approximately 3.16%. The actual count of individuals with this surname, however, increased slightly from 658 in 2000 to 671 in 2010, showing a growth of around 1.98%. The proportion per 100,000 people dropped by about 4.17% over the decade, indicating that, while the absolute number of people named Arps grew, the rate of growth was lower than the population growth.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#32,856	#33,894	-3.16%
Count	658	671	1.98%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.23	-4.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Arps

In terms of ethnicity, the census data reveals some changes between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the majority of Arps were White (69%), a percentage that increased to 71.24% in 2010. Individuals identifying as Black made up 27.81% of the Arps demographic in 2000, but this went down to 26.23% in 2010. The Hispanic representation among those with the Arps surname saw a percentage increase of 12.26%, even though they only constituted around 1% of the total each year. There were no recorded Arps of American Indian and Alaskan Native or Asian/Pacific Islander descent in either year, and no Arps identified as belonging to two or more races. This data is based on information collected in the Decennial U.S. Census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	69%	71.24%	3.25%
Black	27.81%	26.23%	-5.68%
Hispanic	1.06%	1.19%	12.26%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.06%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%