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    The surname Arca

    A surname, carried by 700 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A620

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arca is more common than 79.8% of them.

    Origin

    From Galician, Portuguese, and Italian surname, all ultimately from the noun arca (“chest, storehouse”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 700 people named Arca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 441,065 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 538.

    #32,792
    rank among US surnames
    700
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.1%
    change since 2000 (was #38,644)

    Who is named Arca

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    44% of people named Arca identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 13% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 44%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 4.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Arcas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Julio Arca
      Argentine association football player, born 1981

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Arca

    Arca has the Soundex code A620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Arca come from?
    From Galician, Portuguese, and Italian surname, all ultimately from the noun arca (“chest, storehouse”).
    How common is the surname Arca?
    700 people in the United States had the surname Arca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 441,065 Americans. It ranked 32,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arca?
    In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Arca identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Arca?
    Julio Arca, Argentine association football player.
    Where is the surname Arca most common?
    Wikidata records people named Arca in Argentina.
    Is the surname Arca getting more or less common?
    More common. 538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 700 in 2010, up 30%.