Arı
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Arı is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: 1. Temiz. 2. Yabancı şeylerden arınmış, katışıksız, saf.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- CYCyprus≈1 in 22K
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 90K
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 66 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈52,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1. Temiz. 2. Yabancı şeylerden arınmış, katışıksız, saf. 3. Kutsal. 4. Günahsız. 5. Çiçeklerden bal yapan böcek. 6. Çalışkan.
Sources 1
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Arı 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | #191 | ≈52,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | Arı | 66 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 110K | Arı | 6 |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈99 est. | ≈1 in 175K | Arı | 6 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 90K | Arı | 4 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 22K | Arı | 6 |
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.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hüseyin Arıb. 1947TRTurkish statesperson (born 1947)
- Ulvi Arıb. 1961TRTurkish actor (born 1961)
- Cavit Arıb. 1968TRTurkish statesperson (born 1968)
- Yigit Arib. 1974TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor (born 1974)
- Genco Arıb. 1983TRTurkish pianist (born 1983)
- Taner Arıb. 1987TRTurkish association football player (born 1987)
- Ahmet Arıb. 1989TRTurkish association football player (born 1989)
- Kadir Arıb. 1994TRTurkish association football player (born 1994)
- Merve Arıb. 1998TRTurkish basketball player (born 1998)
- Tuba ArıTRTurkish academic
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 3 sources across 0 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- 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
- What does the name Arı mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. Temiz. 2. Yabancı şeylerden arınmış, katışıksız, saf.
- In which country does Arı have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 52 thousand people named Arı in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arı.
- How common is the name Arı?
- Mondonomo estimates about 52,000 people in Türkiye have Arı as their first surname, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
- How common is Arı compared with other names?
- In Türkiye, Arı is the 191st most common surname of 619,652 surnames 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, “Arı” — the 191st most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.