Last Name ARIS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Arras, a town in Artois famous for the manufacture of tapestry. Not a vulgarism of 'Harris.'
Origin English, Spanish, Chilean, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 31,389 (2000 US census) 65,968 (1990 US census)
Count 698 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 53.58%, or 374 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 20.06%, or 140 total occurrences, as black,
  • 7.45%, or 52 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 14.61%, or 102 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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