The Arana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,698 people carried this name — #3,347 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,500 people counted. That is up 54% from 6,957 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Arana surname
A surname from Basque.
From araña, of Basque origin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Araña» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,619 people named Arana live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Arana.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Arana live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Arana in American newspapers,
1902–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,160 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Arana,
with a public archive behind them.
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Felipe Arana 1786–1865 · politician -
José Arana 1839–1908 · businessperson -
Pablo Arana d. 1911 · author
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Santiago Arana 1823–1883 · politician
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Prisca Arana Mendiolea 1837–1921
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Jose Inazio Arana 1838–1896 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arana.
- Aragones 548 · U.S. census
- Arakelian 1,291 · U.S. census
- Arambel 103 · U.S. census
- Aramburu 378 · U.S. census
- Aramini 188 · U.S. census
- Aran 300 · U.S. census
- Aranda 19,298 · U.S. census
- Aras 269 · U.S. census
- Arata 1,395 · U.S. census
- Araujo 18,856 · U.S. census
- Arban 187 · U.S. census
- Arbeit 119 · U.S. census
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