Arinze

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Arinze is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
  • ISIceland1 in 351K
  • SESweden1 in 425K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

302 people, 2020

Sources
135 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 351K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Arinze counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Arinze is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—3021 in 1.1M298Arinze135
SE Sweden—241 in 425K24—7
NL Netherlands—101 in 1.7M10Arinze7
PL Poland—81 in 4.8M8——
FI Finland—51 in 1.1M21——
GY Guyana—11 in 750K1—1
IS Iceland—11 in 351K1——
NG Nigeria#888——listedArinze95

302 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the masakhane register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Arinze is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Arinzé

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, France

    Also written Arinzé

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Francis Arinze, b. 1932Segun Arinze, b. 1965Niki Arinze, b. 1978

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Arinze
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020298#29,353
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—24#21,859
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—21#19,695
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—15#29,465
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202514—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201713—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—10#17,921
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202110—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202010—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201610—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201410—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20239—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Arinze a male or female name?
Arinze is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Arinze have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 302 people named Arinze, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arinze.
Where is Arinze most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Arinze is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 351 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Arinze?
In the United States, the national register counted 302 people named Arinze in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
How common is Arinze compared with other names?
In Nigeria, Arinze is the 888th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Arinze” — the 888th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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