Arana Family History
Arana Name Meaning
Basque: topographic name from aran ‘valley’ + the Basque
definite article -a. The name in the U.S. may have absorbed
some instances of Araña, from Spanish araña
‘spider’, a nickname for a weaver or for an industrious or
opportunistic person.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Arana
Name Distribution of Arana Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Arana families
 13 - 23  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Arana families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Arana last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Arana Family Origin
Arana Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Arana
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Arana Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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