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The Alarcon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,805 people carried this name — #1,917 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,700 people counted. That is up 47% from 12,821 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Alarcon surname

A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Alarcón.

Anglicization of Spanish Alarcón

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Alarcon» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 46,120 people named Alarcon 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 15,825
Santa Fe 3,972
Chaco 2,475
Jujuy 2,435
Salta 2,329
City of Buenos Aires 2,315
Corrientes 2,246
Córdoba 2,040

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 789 people named Alarcon.

389 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 389
Hauts-de-Seine 77
Rhône 51
Bouches-du-Rhône 48
Loire 26
Hérault 21
Haute-Garonne 16
Tarn 16
Essonne 15

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

170 people named Alarcon live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 44
Zurich 35
Vaud 34
Fribourg 13
Bern 10
Aargau 9
Lucerne 8
Ticino 6

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

71 people named Alarcon is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 71

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

Alarcon in American newspapers,
1857–1957.

Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Alarcon
Daily National Intelligencer 1857-04-28
Newspaper page from New-York Tribune carrying the name Alarcon
New-York Tribune 1891-08-30
Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Alarcon
The Indian Leader 1911-02-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,782 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Alarcon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Cristian Alarcón Casanova
    Cristian Alarcón Casanova 1970– · writer
  • Tomás Paez Alarcon
    Tomás Paez Alarcon 2000– · handball player
  • Manolo de los Santos 1947– · Catholic priest
  • Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon 1970– · Catholic priest
  • Carolina Alarcon 1979– · artistic gymnast
  • Emilio I. Alarcon 1982– · chemist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 28 lives in all are documented under this name.

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