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The Arbogast surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,625 people carried this name — #6,098 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,428 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Arbogast surname

Southwest German and French surname, of Germanic origin, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *arbī (“inheritance”) + *gasti (“stranger”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Arbogast» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 862 people named Arbogast.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Bas-Rhin 593
Moselle 70
Haut-Rhin 46
Paris 42
Meurthe-et-Moselle 14
Rhône 10
Seine-Saint-Denis 7
Aisne 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

43 people named Arbogast live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 10
Basel-Landschaft 8
Vaud 6
Obwalden 4
Solothurn 4
Thurgau 4
Valais 4
St. Gallen 3

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

Arbogast in American newspapers,
1840–1906.

Newspaper page from The Madisonian carrying the name Arbogast
The Madisonian 1840-09-11
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Arbogast
The Washington Herald 1906-12-06
Newspaper page from Ottumwa Semi-weekly Courier carrying the name Arbogast
Ottumwa Semi-weekly Courier 1900-11-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,597 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Arbogast,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adolf Arbogast 1500–1531 · theologian
  • Émile Arbogast 1901–1978 · swimmer
  • Hubert Arbogast 1928–2003 · writer
  • Rainer Arbogast 1944– · surgeon
  • Bradley W. Arbogast 1947– · professor
  • Stephen V. Arbogast 1948– · professor

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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