The Arellano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 50,104 people carried this name — #687 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,890 people counted. That is up 43% from 34,999 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Arellano surname
From Spanish Arellano, from Basque.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Arellano» (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 7,404 people named Arellano 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
64 people named Arellano 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
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Arellano.
Most of them — 31 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Hérault.
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 print
Arellano in American newspapers,
1919–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,300 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Arellano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Deodato Arellano 1844–1899 -
Cayetano Arellano 1847–1920 · judge -
Arcadio Arellano 1872–1920 · architect -
Enrique Arellano 1876–1945 · stage actor -
Juan M. Arellano 1888–1960 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 119 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arellano.
- Arditi 164 · U.S. census
- Ardito 1,141 · U.S. census
- Ardoin 3,955 · U.S. census
- Ardon 2,870 · U.S. census
- Arduini 569 · U.S. census
- Arduino 266 · U.S. census
- Arena 6,706 · U.S. census
- Arenas 11,809 · U.S. census
- Arend 1,943 · U.S. census
- Arens 3,060 · U.S. census
- Arent 1,186 · U.S. census
- Ares 1,104 · U.S. census
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