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The surname Arcand

A French surname, carried by 1,273 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A625

Arcand: #20,758 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arcand #20,758, 1,273 people Arcand: #20,758 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arcand #20,758, 1,273 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arcand is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,273 people named Arcand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,534 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,234.

#20,758
rank among US surnames
1,273
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+3.2%
change since 2000 (was #20,099)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#20,750Sanroman1,274242,343
#20,758Pintado1,273242,534

Who is named Arcand

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

89% of people named Arcand identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 89%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.6%
  • Two or more races 2.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Arcand

Arcand has the Soundex code A625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A625.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Arcand come from?
Arcand is French in origin.
How common is the surname Arcand?
1,273 people in the United States had the surname Arcand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,534 Americans. It ranked 20,758th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arcand?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Arcand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Arcand getting more or less common?
More common. 1,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,273 in 2010, up 3.2%.