The Arcos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,132 people carried this name — #8,005 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 63% from 2,534 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,382 people named Arcos 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 116 people named Arcos.
57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
54 people named Arcos live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 print
Arcos in American newspapers,
1891–1899.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 47,605 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Arcos,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rafael Arcos Fernández 1899–1999 · actor
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Federico Arcos 1920–2015 · political activist -
Federico Arcos 1920–2015 · political activist
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Domingo Arcos d. 1872
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Juan Arcos de la Mata 1536–1603 · military personnel
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Xosé Arcos Moldes 1863–1945 · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arcos.
- Arce 19,464 · U.S. census
- Archambault 4,391 · U.S. census
- Archambeau 1,055 · U.S. census
- Arche 152 · U.S. census
- Archer 34,949 · U.S. census
- Arcidiacono 487 · U.S. census
- Arcuri 2,349 · U.S. census
- Arditi 164 · U.S. census
- Ardito 1,141 · U.S. census
- Ardoin 3,955 · U.S. census
- Ardon 2,870 · U.S. census
- Arduini 569 · U.S. census
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