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The AARON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 14,904 2236 0.006 55
United States (1880 census) 1,746 3369 0.003 35
Change since 1880 +13158 +1133 +0.003 +20
Other Countries
Australia 107 13435 0.001 7
United Kingdom 630 7500 0.001 14
Top States for AARON by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 1,520 1673 0.007 73
Georgia 1,183 953 0.014 145
Alabama 1,167 679 0.026 262
California 967 3288 0.003 29
Florida 948 2231 0.006 59
Top States for AARON by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 1,167 679 0.026 262
Arkansas 414 891 0.015 155
Georgia 1,183 953 0.014 145
Louisiana 620 1095 0.014 139
Tennessee 418 2101 0.007 73

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called AARON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called AARON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called AARON in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a AARON by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of AARON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the AARON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the AARON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of AARON in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 340 2.28
Mixed Race 240 1.61
Asian/Pacific 142 0.95
Native American/Alaskan 82 0.55
White (Caucasian) 10,410 69.85
Black/African American 3,690 24.76

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the AARON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of AARON in historical publications

AARON. AARONS. A common Jewish sumarae.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


(origin: Hebrew.) Signifies a mountaineer, or mount of strength.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to AARON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as AARON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for AARON

The following words are slight variants of AARON that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.