Arbes

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. erbiӡ/areweiӡ/arwīӡ 'Erbse'; bezogen auf Produktion, Verkauf oder Verzehr von Erbsen

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

/ɑɹbz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Arbes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.4M(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 68K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 244K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈450 people, est.

Sources
101 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 68K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Berufsname zu mhd. erbiӡ/areweiӡ/arwīӡ 'Erbse'; bezogen auf Produktion, Verkauf oder Verzehr von Erbsen. 82 Träger.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Where in the world(measured from records)

Arbes 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 Arbes is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈450 est.≈1 in 244K—Arbes20
DE Germany≈220 est.≈1 in 366K—Arbes36
US United States1361 in 2.4M155Arbes101
IT Italy≈130 est.≈1 in 486K—Arbes1
FR France≈58 est.≈1 in 1.2M6——
UY Uruguay501 in 68K50——
AT Austria≈13 est.≈1 in 692K2Arbes10

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Arbes is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Arbeş

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Gabon

    Also written Arbeş, Arbès

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines

    Also written Arbeş

  • Turkish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Türkiye, Egypt, United States

    Languages: Turkish, Arabic

    Also written Arbeş

26 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)

  • Jakub Arbesb. 1840CZCzech theater reviewer, publicist, bookwriter and writer
  • Johann Arbesb. 1856CZGerman high-school teacher in Bohemia

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Arbes,
InformalHi Arbes,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Arbes
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020155#118,445
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010136#126,018
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000130#122,534
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—50—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194111—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19119—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)18919—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19318—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19717—

Reference works 1

  • 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

How do you pronounce Arbes?
A machine transcription gives /ɑɹbz/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Arbes mean?
Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. erbiӡ/areweiӡ/arwīӡ 'Erbse'; bezogen auf Produktion, Verkauf oder Verzehr von Erbsen.
In which country does Arbes have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 447 people named Arbes in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arbes.
Where is Arbes most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Arbes is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 68 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Arbes?
In the United States, the national register counted 136 people named Arbes in 2010, about 1 in 2.4 million residents.

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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, “Arbes”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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