The Lorca surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 211 people carried this name — #88,020 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 11% from 190 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,414 people named Lorca 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 Mendoza.
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 124 people named Lorca.
Most of them — 63 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Loire.
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
44 people named Lorca live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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
22 people named Lorca 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).
Who carried it
People named Lorca,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vicenta Lorca Romero 1870–1959 · writer -
Carlos Enrique Lorca Tobar 1944–1975 · physician -
Juan Manuel Lorca y Lorca 1837–1906 · politician
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Alberto Lorca 1917–2008 · ballet dancer
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Gustavo Lorca 1921–2013 · lawyer
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German Lorca 1922–2021 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lorca.
- Lora 7,030 · U.S. census
- Loraine 187 · U.S. census
- Lorang 558 · U.S. census
- Lorange 169 · U.S. census
- Lorant 163 · U.S. census
- Lorber 974 · U.S. census
- Lord 23,405 · U.S. census
- Lore 3,248 · U.S. census
- Loree 720 · U.S. census
- Lorek 404 · U.S. census
- Lorence 1,715 · U.S. census
- Lorent 162 · U.S. census
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