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

Arls is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arls? popularity and diffusion

The last name Arls is the 6,723,624th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Arls are found; 38 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 38 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Arls is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent forename on earth, held by 19 people.

This surname is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Arls is most common in: Johor, where 67 percent are found and Selangor, where 33 percent are found. Besides Malaysia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.

Arls Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Arls has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Arls surname decreased 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
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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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