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The Quercia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 331 people carried this name — #60,790 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 2% from 337 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Quercia surname

From quercia (“oak”), probably a topnymic surname for someone who lived by an oak.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Quercia» (Italian), 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 428 people named Quercia 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 261
Santa Fe 95
City of Buenos Aires 72

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 143 people named Quercia.

50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Isère.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 50
Isère 31
Alpes-Maritimes 18
Var 12
Côte-d’Or 10
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Aisne 5
Paris 4
Moselle 2

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Quercia is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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