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The Arras surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 981 people carried this name — #25,255 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 13% from 869 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 161 people named Arras 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 Antwerp.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Antwerp 103
Hainaut 44
Brussels-Capital 14

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 109 people named Arras.

32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Hautes-Pyrénées.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 32
Hautes-Pyrénées 22
Gironde 10
French Guiana 6
Paris 5
Seine-et-Marne 3
Hauts-de-Seine 3
Moselle 3
Corsica 3

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 65 people named Arras 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

Buenos Aires Province 48
Córdoba 17

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

Who carried it

People named Arras,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edmund F. Arras
    Edmund F. Arras 1875–1951 · photographer
  • Paul Arras 1857–1942 · writer
  • Konrad Arras 1876–1930 · politician
  • August Arras 1881–1968 · politician
  • August Arras 1881–1968 · politician
  • Paul Arras 1892–1980 · pharmacist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Arras.

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