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

Aronin, 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 Aronin surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Aronin in America

Aronin is the 85049th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Aronin surname appeared 220 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 Aronin.

We can also compare 2010 data for Aronin 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 Aronin

The surname ARONIN is of Russian Jewish origin, tracing its roots back to the 18th century in the Russian Empire. It is a patronymic surname derived from the Hebrew given name "Aharon" or its Russian variation "Aron," meaning "high mountain" or "exalted."

ARONIN is believed to have originated in the Pale of Settlement, a region designated by the Russian authorities for Jewish residence and settlement within the western territories of the Russian Empire. This included areas of present-day Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine, where large Jewish communities thrived.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname ARONIN can be found in the Revizskie Skazki, a series of imperial censuses conducted in the Russian Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries. These censuses often documented Jewish families and their patronymic surnames.

In the late 19th century, a notable figure bearing the surname ARONIN was Grigory Yakovlevich Aronin (1854-1936), a Russian-Jewish lawyer and writer who advocated for the rights of the Jewish community in the Russian Empire.

Another significant individual with the surname ARONIN was Naum Aronovich Aronin (1872-1941), a Russian-Jewish actor, director, and playwright who made significant contributions to the development of Yiddish theater in the early 20th century.

The surname ARONIN also has a connection to the Pale of Settlement town of Chernobyl, now located in modern-day Ukraine. Historical records indicate the presence of a Jewish community in Chernobyl, where individuals with the surname ARONIN may have resided before the infamous nuclear disaster in 1986.

In the early 20th century, Mikhail Abramovich Aronin (1886-1938) was a Russian-Jewish chess player and composer who achieved international recognition for his chess compositions and contributions to the field of endgame studies.

Another notable figure was Avraham Aronin (1904-1977), an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) who played a role in the establishment of the State of Israel and its early political landscape.

Throughout its history, the surname ARONIN has been associated with various spellings, including Aronov, Aronoff, and Aronovich, reflecting the diverse linguistic influences and migrations of Jewish communities within the Russian Empire and beyond.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Aronin

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

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 Aronin 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 Aronin 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 Aronin was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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