The Arens surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,060 people carried this name — #10,487 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 96,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,067).
In Belgium’s population register
At least 423 people named Arens 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 Liège.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Arens.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Nord.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 64 people named Arens 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
34 people named Arens live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 print
Arens in American newspapers,
1912–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 108,140 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Arens,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Arens 1864–1951 · opera singer -
Louis Arens 1865–1951 · opera singer
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Cornelia Arens d. 1654 · nun
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Peter Arens d. 1991
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Johann August Arens 1757–1806 · architect
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Jean-Pierre Arens 1800–1871 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arens.
- Arduini 569 · U.S. census
- Arduino 266 · U.S. census
- Arellano 50,104 · U.S. census
- Arena 6,706 · U.S. census
- Arenas 11,809 · U.S. census
- Arend 1,943 · U.S. census
- Arent 1,186 · U.S. census
- Ares 1,104 · U.S. census
- Arevalo 23,895 · U.S. census
- Argenta 197 · U.S. census
- Argenti 267 · U.S. census
- Argento 1,221 · U.S. census
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