The Aronson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,247 people carried this name — #6,470 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,182 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 65 people named Aronson 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 City of Buenos Aires.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 25
Santa Fe 24
Buenos Aires Province 16

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

134 people named Aronson is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 134

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Aronson in American newspapers,
1917–1922.

Newspaper page from Mountain Advocate carrying the name Aronson
Mountain Advocate 1922-11-03
Newspaper page from Palatka Daily News carrying the name Aronson
Palatka Daily News 1922-12-22
Newspaper page from The Bemidji Daily Pioneer carrying the name Aronson
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer 1917-03-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,610 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Aronson in Australian newspapers,
1860s–2000s.

4,628 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Aronson. The most, 1,134, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,713
Victoria 882
Queensland 597
Western Australia 180
South Australia 138
Tasmania 100
ACT (Canberra) 11

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Aronson.

Who carried it

People named Aronson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rudolph Aronson
    Rudolph Aronson 1856–1919 · composer
  • Zara Aronson
    Zara Aronson 1864–1944 · editor
  • Zara Aronson
    Zara Aronson 1864–1944 · editor
  • Naoum Aronson
    Naoum Aronson 1873–1943 · sculptor
  • Marta Aronson-Danzig d. 1891 · painter
  • Marta Aronson-Danzig d. 1891 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Aronson,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,870 records

1,870 records of the Aronson name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 934
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 293
  • Other U.S. records 643
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Roland Aronson

    Born 1915 in South Dakota. Enlisted 1941 at San Francisco, California; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1956, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Aron Aronson

    Arrived at New York in 1897 aboard the Pennsylvania from Hamburg, aged 17; merchant. From New York, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Neil Aronson

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1998; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,870 records for Aronson in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands361 records

361 records of the Aronson name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 192
  • Dutch population registers 169
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jacob Aronson

    Married in 1920 in Amsterdam; pastry cook. Died 1943 in Sobibor, Poland, aged 56.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record David Aronson

    Married in 1848 in Wildervank; merchant. Died 1909 in Amersfoort, aged 92.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ester Aronson

    Married in 1884 in Amersfoort. Died 1896 in Oosterdiep (Veendam), aged 41.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 361 records for Aronson in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia102 records

102 records of the Aronson name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 93
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • Other Australian records 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Simon Aronson

    Watchmaker and jeweller of Richmond, Victoria; died 1868.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jack Aronson

    Arrived in Victoria in 1897 aboard the Karlsruhe, aged 10.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Nuriel Aronson

    Appointed a justice of the peace in Queensland in 1902.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 102 records for Aronson in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Aronson name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Dorothy Vilmena Aronson

    Died 1931; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Kenneth Johannes Aronson

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Louis Aronson

    Married 1945 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Aronson in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France4 records

4 records of the Aronson name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jeanne Antoinette Aronson

    Born 1898 in Paris; died 1978 in Menton (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Sidney Joseph Aronson

    Born 1920 in Great Britain; died 1995 in Oloron-Sainte-Marie (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Zenaide Aronson

    Born 1917 in the Soviet Union; died 1990 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Aronson in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Germany4 records

4 records of the Aronson name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Viktor Aronson

    From Colmar, Elsaß. Reported wounded in the Württemberg casualty list of 4 August 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 119).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Max Aronson

    From Oberendingen, Schweiz. Reported wounded in the Bavarian casualty list of 21 November 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ernst Aronson

    From Königsberg i. Pr. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 21 May 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Aronson in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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