Arens
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Bearer count: 4,279. The plate shows vowel length marking in the surname, contrasted with Ahrens
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɑɹənz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Arens is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 22K
- USUnited States1 in 109K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 278 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
≈14,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Bearer count: 4,279. The plate shows vowel length marking in the surname, contrasted with Ahrens.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Arens 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 98K | — | Arens | 2 |
| DE Germany | ≈5,500 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Arens | 123 |
| US United States | 3,060 | 1 in 109K | 3.2K | Arens | 278 |
| NL Netherlands | 790 | 1 in 22K | 790 | Arens | 43 |
| BE Belgium | 685 | 1 in 17K | 685 | Arens | 42 |
| DK Denmark | 66 | 1 in 89K | 66 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 39K | 19 | — | 4 |
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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); the ee-stat-nimed register. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Arens is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronymischer Genitiv zu Arnd/Arend < Arnold; zeigt die Schreibung ohne h bzw. mit Sprossvokal e. 4279 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Sprossvokal-Variante zu Arndt/Berndt; zeigt die nordwestdeutschen Formen ohne h. Bearer count: 4279.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Belgische Variante zu Arnold; zeigt die Längenvariation Arens/Arends/Arents/Arend/Arendt/Arent.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, zu ahd./altsächs. arn ‚Adler‘; patronymischer Familienname zum Rufnamen Arn.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In Danish, definite genitive singular of ar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Henry M. Arensb. 1873USAmerican politician (1873-1963)
- Egmont Arensb. 1889USAmerican publisher:literature/art/industrial designer/commercial artist specializing in marketing/product packaging (1887-1966)
- Moshe Arensb. 1925ILIsraeli diplomat, member of Knesset, and professor of aeronautics (1925-2019)
- Wilhelm Arensb. 1937DEGerman trade unionist and politician (1937–2011)
- Heinz-Werner Arensb. 1939DEGerman politician (1939-2011)
- Rolf-Dieter Arensb. 1945DEGerman university professor
- Maarten Arensb. 1972NLDutch judoka
- Bart Arensb. 1978NLDutch radio personality
- Cody Arensb. 1993USAmerican actor
- Logan Arensb. 1996USAmerican actor
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 35 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.2K | #9,570 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.1K | #9,723 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.1K | #10,487 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 790 | #2,267 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 685 | #2,091 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 657 | #2,201 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 66 | #8,190 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 19 | #5,807 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 19 | #5,947 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Arens mean, and where does it come from?
- Bearer count: 4,279. The plate shows vowel length marking in the surname, contrasted with Ahrens. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
- How do you pronounce Arens?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɑɹənz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Arens have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Arens in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arens.
- How common is the name Arens?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,060 people named Arens in 2010, about 1 in 109 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/arensThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Arens”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.