How common is the last name Arnold?

132,160 people in the United States have the last name Arnold, about 1 in 2,262. It ranks #214 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ARNOLD

#214

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
132,160
About
1 in 2,262
This common or more
23.2%
Who bears it

Of the 132,160 people with the last name Arnold, 78.3% reported their origin as White, 13% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Arnold

#212 Knight · 132,682#213 Pierce · 132,277#215 Peters · 132,098#216 Elliott · 131,897

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Arnold, most common first.

#35,059 Armold · 693#51,968 Arnoldi · 432#55,981 Arnoldy · 395#59,374 Arnhold · 368#96,965 Arnould · 201

Also a first name

As a first name, Arnold ranks #940 of 53,615, with 47,513 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1924, with 2,031 births. See Arnold as a first name

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