Arcía Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Panama
Highest density in:
Panama

Arcía Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arcía Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Panama71:558,8949,437
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Arcía Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arcía Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Arcía is more commonly found in Panama than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arcía? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Arcía reside; 67 percent reside in Central America and 67 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.

The last name is most widespread in Panama, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 558,894. In Panama Arcía is primarily concentrated in: Chiriquí Province, where 57 percent are found and Veraguas Province, where 43 percent are found. Other than Panama Arcía exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cuba, where 17 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garrcía835/
Gaarcía834/
Garccía834/
Garcíaa833/
Arcea80235/
Harcea7343/
Archia7338/
Arcija7319/
Archea7316/
Archya7312/
Garcîa7312/
Garcíá735/
Garcýa735/
Garcıa732/
Arscia731/
Garzía731/
Arceao731/
Garsía731/
Archija6748/
Garscia6735/
Archias6730/
Garchia677/
Garc'ia675/
Garciĭa673/
Harchea671/
Arcagio671/
Archiea671/
Arrchea671/
Garcija671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Arcía
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