Find out how popular the last name Aranas is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Aranas.

Aranas, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Aranas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Aranas in America

Aranas is the 36838th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Aranas surname appeared 606 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Aranas.

We can also compare 2010 data for Aranas to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Aranas

The surname Aranas is of Spanish origin, derived from the word "araña" meaning "spider" in Spanish. This name likely originated in medieval Spain, possibly given as a descriptive nickname to someone who exhibited spider-like characteristics or had a profession related to spiders.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Aranas surname appears in the 14th century census records of the Kingdom of Aragon, a medieval Spanish kingdom located in the northeastern region of the Iberian Peninsula. These records mention a family named Aranas residing in the city of Zaragoza.

In the 16th century, during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, several individuals bearing the Aranas surname can be found in historical records from the Spanish colonies. One notable example is Juan de Aranas, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Peru under the command of Francisco Pizarro in the 1530s.

Another famous bearer of the Aranas surname was Pedro de Aranas, a renowned Spanish architect and engineer who lived in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He is best known for his contributions to the construction of the iconic El Escorial monastery in Madrid, one of the most significant architectural projects of the Spanish Renaissance.

Moving forward to the 18th century, the Aranas surname appears in records from the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines. Francisco de Aranas, a Spanish missionary and linguist, authored one of the earliest dictionaries of the Tagalog language, published in 1794.

In the 19th century, José María Aranas was a prominent Mexican politician and military leader who fought in the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish rule. He served as the governor of the state of Jalisco from 1827 to 1829.

Throughout history, the Aranas surname has been found in various regions of Spain, as well as in Spanish-speaking countries and territories that were once part of the Spanish Empire. While the name has undergone some variations in spelling, such as Arañas or Aranaz, its connection to the Spanish word for "spider" remains a defining characteristic of its origins and meaning.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Aranas

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Aranas.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Aranas was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Aranas has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Aranas was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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