The Arena surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,421 people carried this name — #5,014 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 341 people named Arena.
Most of them — 246 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
329 people named Arena live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 220 people named Arena live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arena.
- Ardito 1,104 · U.S. census
- Ardoin 3,780 · U.S. census
- Ardon 1,522 · U.S. census
- Arduini 500 · U.S. census
- Arduino 262 · U.S. census
- Arellano 34,999 · U.S. census
- Arenas 8,220 · U.S. census
- Arend 1,806 · U.S. census
- Arens 3,067 · U.S. census
- Arent 1,003 · U.S. census
- Ares 992 · U.S. census
- Arevalo 15,942 · U.S. census
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