The Abarca surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,363 people carried this name — #3,780 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,500 people counted. That is up 61% from 5,830 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,586 people named Abarca live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 43 people named Abarca.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Abarca live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
52 people named Abarca is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Abarca in American newspapers,
1906–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,172 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Abarca,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria de Abarca d. 1699 · painter
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Ramón Alfonso Abarca Alarcón d. 1983 · middle school student
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Guillermo Enrique Abarca Leiva d. 1973 · laborer
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Luis Antonio Abarca Sánchez d. 1973 · laborer
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Sergio Antonio Abarca Castillo d. 1983 · laborer
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Pedro Abarca Puigvert 1290–1357 · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Abarca,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States94 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 82
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 7
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Manuel T. AbarcaBorn 1916 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; driver from Nueces County.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record James AbarcaU.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1938, died 1990; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Rebeca T. AbarcaBorn 1923 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Brawley, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 94 records for Abarca in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
France15 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Andres AbarcaBorn 1915 in Spain; died 2001 in Alès (Gard).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marie Germaine AbarcaBorn 1895 in Louvie-Juzon; died 1980 in Louvie-Juzon (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Vincent-Martin AbarcaBorn 1957 in Paris; died 1993 in Paris.
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 15 records for Abarca in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Abarca.
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