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

Arrants, 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 Arrants surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Arrants in America

Arrants is the 39004th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Arrants surname appeared 565 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 Arrants.

We can also compare 2010 data for Arrants 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 Arrants

The surname Arrants originated in England during the medieval period. It is derived from the Old English words "arrant" or "errant," which meant a wanderer or itinerant person. The name likely referred to someone who traveled frequently or had no fixed abode.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Arrants can be found in the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire from 1327, where it appears as "Arraunt." This suggests that the name was already well-established in the West Midlands region of England by the 14th century.

In the 16th century, the surname Arrants was sometimes spelled variations such as "Arrant," "Arraunt," or "Arraunt." These different spellings reflect the fluid nature of English orthography during this period before standardized spelling conventions were widely adopted.

One notable Arrants from history was John Arrants, a merchant and alderman who lived in the city of Bristol in the late 16th century. He is mentioned in several historical records from the time, including the Bristol Apprentice Books of 1590.

Another individual with this surname was William Arrants, a farmer from the village of Little Wenlock in Shropshire, who was born around 1620. He is recorded in the parish registers as having been involved in a dispute over land ownership in 1659.

In the 18th century, the Arrants surname appeared in various parts of England, including Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire. One Arrants of note from this period was Thomas Arrants (1712-1787), a clergyman who served as the rector of Wootton Wawen in Warwickshire for over 50 years.

The Arrants name also found its way to America in the colonial era. A man named John Arrants is recorded as having arrived in Virginia from England in 1635. He later obtained a land grant and established a plantation in what is now Brunswick County.

Another early American bearer of the Arrants surname was Samuel Arrants, who was born in Pennsylvania around 1730. He served as a militia captain during the Revolutionary War and later settled in Kentucky, where he became a prominent landowner and farmer.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Arrants

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

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

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