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    The surname Arcos

    A Spanish surname, carried by 4,132 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A622

    Arcos: #8,005 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arcos #8,005, 4,132 people Arcos: #8,005 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arcos #8,005, 4,132 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arcos is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Arcos.

    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 4,132 people named Arcos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,721 Americans. That is up 63% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,534.

    #8,005
    rank among US surnames
    4,132
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +63.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,405)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,997McAnally4,13674,648
    #8,002Derose4,13574,666
    #8,003Karns4,13374,703
    #8,005Arcos4,13274,721
    #8,006Adelman4,13174,739
    #8,010Yousif4,13074,757
    #8,013Seeger4,12974,775

    Who is named Arcos

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

    95% of people named Arcos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Arcos come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Arcos.
    How common is the surname Arcos?
    4,132 people in the United States had the surname Arcos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,721 Americans. It ranked 8,005th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arcos?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Arcos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Arcos getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,132 in 2010, up 63%.