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The surname Arciga

A Spanish surname, carried by 1,636 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A622

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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). Arciga is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Arciga.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,636 people named Arciga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 999.

#17,300
rank among US surnames
1,636
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+63.8%
change since 2000 (was #23,657)

Who is named Arciga

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

94% of people named Arciga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
  • White (not Hispanic) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 0.9%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Arciga

Arciga has the Soundex code A622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A622.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Arciga come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Arciga.
How common is the surname Arciga?
1,636 people in the United States had the surname Arciga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. It ranked 17,300th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arciga?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Arciga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Arciga getting more or less common?
More common. 999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,636 in 2010, up 64%.