Arcus Surname
Approximately 1,432 people bear this surname
Arcus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 347 | 1:77,797 | 9,086 |
| Romania | 344 | 1:58,366 | 7,118 |
| New Zealand | 231 | 1:19,603 | 3,446 |
| United States | 140 | 1:2,588,992 | 156,804 |
| Moldova | 112 | 1:31,798 | 5,061 |
| England | 78 | 1:714,334 | 40,171 |
| Haiti | 39 | 1:273,946 | 9,218 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 76 | 1:49,253 | 3,418 |
| England | 22 | 1:1,107,971 | 42,566 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Arcuș (2) & Arcuş (1) are calculated separately.
Arcus (72) may also be a first name.
Arcus Demographics
Average Arcus Salary in
United States
$55,404 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Arcus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arcus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arcus is found most frequently in Australia. It can also be found in the variant forms: Arcuș or Arcuş. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arcus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Arcus is the 271,949th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 5,089,068 people. The surname Arcus is primarily found in Oceania, where 40 percent of Arcus live; 40 percent live in Australasia and 40 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Arcus is also the 1,143,416th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 72 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Australia, where it is borne by 347 people, or 1 in 77,797. In Australia Arcus is primarily concentrated in: New South Wales, where 51 percent are found, Western Australia, where 26 percent are found and Queensland, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Australia this surname exists in 31 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 24 percent are found and New Zealand, where 16 percent are found.
Arcus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Arcus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Arcus surname rose 1,077 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 355 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Arcus Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Arcus surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.85% registered with the political party.
The amount Arcus earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 13.47% more than the national average, earning R 269,640 per year; in United States they earn 28.4% more than the national average, earning $55,404 USD per year and in Canada they earn 50.93% more than the national average, earning $74,986 CAD per year.
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Arcus Reference & Research
Hercus/Harcus/Arcus FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Arcus
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis