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    The surname Arce

    A surname, carried by 19,464 people in the United States.

    1 syllable 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). Arce is more common than 98.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 19,464 people named Arce in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,862 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,855.

    #1,844
    rank among US surnames
    19,464
    people in 2010
    6.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31%
    change since 2000 (was #2,249)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,835Oliva19,51315,823
    #1,836Layton19,50415,830
    #1,837Gaston19,50215,831
    #1,838Goodrich19,48715,844
    #1,839Prater19,48415,846
    #1,840Burger19,48015,849
    #1,841Toledo19,47415,854

    Who is named Arce

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

    88% of people named Arce identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Arces

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Luis Arce
      Bolivian politician and president of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025
    • Juan Carlos Arce
      Bolivian association football player, born 1985
    • Aniceto Arce
      Bolivian politician (1824–1906)
    • José Arce
      Argentine politician (1881-1968)
    • Claudia Arce
      Beauty pageant winner, born 1991
    • Nicolás Bianchi Arce
      Argentine footballer, born 1987
    • Lisa Arce
      American beach volleyball player, born 1969
    • Billy Arce Mina
      Association football player, born 1998

    Notable Arces come mostly from Bolivia (4), Argentina (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Arce

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Arce?
    19,464 people in the United States had the surname Arce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,862 Americans. It ranked 1,844th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arce?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Arce identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Arce?
    Luis Arce, Bolivian politician and president of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025, followed by Juan Carlos Arce.
    Where is the surname Arce most common?
    Wikidata records people named Arce in Bolivia, Argentina and the United States and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Arce getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,464 in 2010, up 31%.