Arce History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Arce

What does the name Arce mean?

The Spanish surname Arce is of toponymic origin, deriving from a place where the initial bearer once resided or held land. In this instance, the root of the surname Arce is the Spanish "arce," meaning "maple tree," and thus, the name was originally used in feudal times to denote a dweller near a maple tree.

Early Origins of the Arce family

The surname Arce was first found in the valley of Mena in the province of Burgos. Although there is evidence that the Arce family was in other northern Regions of Spain in the early Middle Ages, records show that their ancestral seat was in Villarcayo.

Early History of the Arce family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Arce research. Another 75 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1533, 1544, 1635 and 1704 are included under the topic Early Arce History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Arce Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Arce, Arceos, Arceo, Arco and others.

Early Notables of the Arce family

Lope Garcia de Arce, a knight of the court of Navarra
Diego de Arce y Lopez, born in Madrid, who entered the noble order of Santiago in 1533

Arce Ranking

the United States, the name Arce is the 2,570^th most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 1

Arce migration to the United States +

Arce Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Antonio De Arce, who landed in Peru in 1834 2
Lope De Arce, who arrived in Peru in 1834 2
Rodrigo De Arce, who arrived in Venezuela in 1834 2
Ramon Arce, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 2
Carmelo De Arce, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Arce (post 1700) +

Juana Arce Molina (1935-2025), Spanish politician, Member of the Union of the Democratic Centre and the People's Party, she served in the Senate from 1977 to 1979 and in the Congress of Deputies from 1979 to 1982
Gaspar Núñez de Arce (1834-1903), Spanish writer and statesman
Nicolás Bianchi Arce (b. 1987), Argentine football defender
Raúl Díaz Arce (b. 1970), retired Salvadoran football player
Fernando Enrique Arce Ruiz (b. 1980), Mexican international football midfielder
Ismael Valadéz Arce (b. 1985), Mexican football striker
Jorge Armando Arce (b. 1979), Mexican professional boxer
Aniceto Arce (1824-1906), Bolivian politician from Tarija who became president of the republic in 1888
Francisco Arce (b. 1971), Paraguayan footballer

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)