Arc

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(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries

Arc is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: subst. 1. Arca b. (Giur 256 ; Tis 300 ; 17 B I 144, 330 ; Cat) ; - olt., 1484 (Gorj 114) ; Arca, fiul lui Arca, 1483 (T-Rom 343 ; 16 B II 291 ; 17 B II 389) ; - C-tin (RI V 74). 2.

  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • GHGhana
  • SGSingapore

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Record sources
68 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

subst. 1. Arca b. (Giur 256 ; Tis 300 ; 17 B I 144, 330 ; Cat) ; - olt., 1484 (Gorj 114) ; Arca, fiul lui Arca, 1483 (T-Rom 343 ; 16 B II 291 ; 17 B II 389) ; - C-tin (RI V 74). 2. Arca, 1505 (16 B I 29) ; 1590 (Flor 84) ; - N., olt. (Sur VI). 3. Cu h (aspirat) : Harca, olt. (AO XVII. 310) ; Harcul, Die, mold., 1746 (RI II 148) ; Hdrcul (Sur XXII). 4. Arcescul, Iorga (Drj IV) ; Arcesti s. (Giur 271). 5. Arcoe, Ion, rumtn, 1693 (AO XVIII 474) ; boier (17 B I 498); Arcoaia, Arcujescu, Arcufesti (Gras 72-3). 6. Arcariul (Tec I). 7. Arcaciul t.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Arc counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Arc is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—listedArc68
GB United Kingdom——Arc27
AU Australia—1Arc19
CA Canada—1Arc17
IN India—18Arc14
BR Brazil—499—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Arc is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Colombia, Peru, Chile

    Also written Ar'C, Ăřç, Arç, ́arc

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada

    Also written 'Arc

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Arç, ́arc

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Arc mean?
Recorded meaning: subst. 1. Arca b. (Giur 256 ; Tis 300 ; 17 B I 144, 330 ; Cat) ; - olt., 1484 (Gorj 114) ; Arca, fiul lui Arca, 1483 (T-Rom 343 ; 16 B II 291 ; 17 B II 389) ; - C-tin (RI V 74). 2.
In which country does Arc have the most bearers?
Arc is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled arc.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Arc”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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