The Ares surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 992 people carried this name — #23,796 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Ares.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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
60 people named Ares 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
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ares.
- Arellano 34,999 · U.S. census
- Arena 6,421 · 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
- Arevalo 15,942 · U.S. census
- Argenta 242 · U.S. census
- Argenti 296 · U.S. census
- Argento 1,157 · U.S. census
- Argot 123 · U.S. census
- Argy 167 · U.S. census
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