Arls Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Arls Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arls Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Arls (19) may also be a first name.

Arls Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arls Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Arls is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Arls? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Arls is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Arls live; 38 percent live in Southeast Asia and 38 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 19 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Arls is most prevalent in: Johor, where 67 percent reside and Selangor, where 33 percent reside. Besides Malaysia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.

Arls Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Arls has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Arls surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Earls898,949/
Arles89840/
Garls8937/
Arils8911/
Arlås892/
Harls891/
Ayrls891/
Earles804,520/
Harles80487/
Garles8067/
Arless8037/
Earlls808/
Ariels806/
Airles803/
Aarles803/
Hearls802/
Earl's802/
Garels802/
Arelse801/
Gahrls801/
Ariols801/
Ayrles801/
Garils801/
Garlss801/
Aurles801/
Arills801/
Arhles801/
Arlese801/
Aharls801/
Harels801/
Arglis800/
Earels800/
Areels800/
Arrels800/
Harlse800/
Earils800/
Erls753/
Arlx751/
Orls751/
Harless738,448/
Garrels731,210/
Arriols7336/
Earless7324/
Arglies735/
Harrels733/
Arilles732/
Garlehs732/
Hairles732/
Garells731/
Ariells731/
Garless731/
Aireles731/
Arrells731/
Harlehs731/
Hayrles731/
Harlese730/
Harllse730/
Hearles730/
Garilles67235/
Erles67229/
Eirls6768/
Örlős6750/
Erels6730/
Orles6727/
Orels6724/
Garrells679/
Argilles677/
Gorls675/
Aruelles674/
Garelles674/
Hearless673/
Harrells673/
Erils673/
Arlez672/
Aruilles672/
Harrless672/
Earlz671/
Ayrelles671/
Eerls671/
Orlse671/
Hairless671/
Herls670/
Eurls670/
Hearesls670/
Errls670/
Harlz670/
Harlless670/

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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
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  • 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 Arls
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