Last Name ARNOLD

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Meaning The son of Arnold. Arnold is ractically forgotten as apersonal name in England. Nevertheless it was very popular in its day, and being in great favor just when fontal names were candidates for imortality as surnames.
The same as 'Ernold;' from 'are' or 'ehre,' honor, and 'hold,' faithful or devoted to - faithful to his honor. How unworthy of the name was the notorious Benedict!
Origin English, German, Spanish, Swiss, Croatian, Maltese, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank 187 (2000 US census) 170 (1990 US census)
Count 136,315 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 83.35%, or 113619 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 12.63%, or 17217 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.43%, or 586 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.55%, or 750 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.48%, or 2017 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.56%, or 2127 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Surnames that make great first names

 We do not really know what surnames will make great first name. It is just highly subjective. What we can tell you is what last names historically been used as first name. We do not know if they will be great. We just know they have been at some time...

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