The Arango surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,998 people carried this name — #5,020 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,200 people counted. That is up 35% from 5,202 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Arango surname

Borrowed from Spanish Arango, habitational surname of Basque origin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Arango» (English), 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 1,151 people named Arango 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 651
City of Buenos Aires 262
Santa Fe 69
Neuquén 64
Mendoza 43
Córdoba 33
Río Negro 17
San Juan 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

69 people named Arango live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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

Geneva 29
Bern 13
Zurich 8
Fribourg 7
Vaud 7
Basel-Landschaft 5

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

Arango in American newspapers,
1903–1923.

Newspaper page from The Savannah Morning News carrying the name Arango
The Savannah Morning News 1903-12-30
Newspaper page from Imperial Valley Press carrying the name Arango
Imperial Valley Press 1914-10-30
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Arango
El Tucsonense 1923-10-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,606 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Arango in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

47 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Arango. The most, 12, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 31
Queensland 10
ACT (Canberra) 3
New South Wales 1
South Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Arango.

Who carried it

People named Arango,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francisco de Arango y Parreño
    Francisco de Arango y Parreño 1765–1837 · politician
  • Antonio Arango Valdés
    Antonio Arango Valdés 1837–1859 · writer
  • José Agustín Arango
    José Agustín Arango 1841–1909 · lawyer
  • Carmelo Arango Martínez
    Carmelo Arango Martínez 1854–1940 · lawyer
  • Justo Cuervo
    Justo Cuervo 1859–1921 · Catholic priest

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Francisco de Arango y Parreño: Isidoro Salcedo y Echevarría-Biblioteca Nacional de España, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 93 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Arango,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States361 records

361 records of the Arango name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 310
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 17
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Mario S. Arango

    Born 1900 in Cuba. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; musician from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anna Arango

    Arrived at New York in 1900 aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II from Genoa, aged 24; farmer. From Pescaglia, Lucca, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Leopold Arango

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1957, died 1984; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 361 records for Arango in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France4 records

4 records of the Arango name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Germaine Antoinette Arango

    Born 1902 in Lagny-sur-Marne; died 1991 in Lagny-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joseph Arango

    Born 1912 in Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry; died 1991 in Cambo-les-Bains (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Helene Amelie Arango

    Born 1892 in Champs-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne); died 1979 in Montfermeil (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Arango in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Arango name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Candido De Arango

    Arrived in Victoria in 1866 aboard the Golden Sea, aged 26.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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