About the Ahrndt Surname

Ask a genealogist about Ahrndt and the first name they will mention is Arndt. At root, the name means “From Arnold ("eagle power")”. The extra “h” in Ahrndt is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Ahrndts, Arndts and Arndtz.

Ahrndt ranked 90,113 in the 2010 US Census, with 205 people answering to the name. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Arendt.

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