Find out how popular the last name Arcand is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Arcand.

Arcand, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Arcand surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Arcand in America

Arcand is the 20758th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Arcand surname appeared 1,273 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Arcand.

We can also compare 2010 data for Arcand to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Arcand

The surname ARCAND is of French origin, originating in the historical region of Normandy in northern France during the medieval period. It is believed to be derived from the Old French word "arcant," which means "resident of the Arc" or "dweller at the Arc." The Arc was a specific locality or place name within Normandy.

ARCAND is a variant spelling of the French surname Arcant, which itself is a locational name referring to someone who lived near a prominent arc or arch structure, such as a bridge or gateway. The earliest recorded instances of the name Arcant date back to the late 11th century in Normandy.

One of the earliest known references to the surname ARCAND can be found in the ancient records of the town of Bayeux, located in the Calvados department of Normandy. These records, dating back to the 13th century, mention an individual named Raoul Arcand who was a landowner in the region.

In the 14th century, a manuscript from the Abbey of Saint-Étienne in Caen, Normandy, mentions a monk named Frère Jean Arcand who was a member of the monastic community. This is one of the earliest known examples of the ARCAND spelling variation.

During the 16th century, a notable figure with the surname ARCAND was Pierre Arcand, a French merchant and explorer who participated in several expeditions to the New World, including expeditions to Canada and the West Indies in the 1540s and 1550s.

Another historically significant individual with this surname was François Arcand (1670-1742), a French military officer and colonist who served as the Governor of the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) from 1728 to 1732.

In the 18th century, Jean-Baptiste Arcand (1739-1814) was a prominent French-Canadian farmer and landowner in the region of Quebec, where the surname became well-established among French-Canadian families.

Throughout the centuries, the ARCAND surname has been found in various regions of France, as well as in French-speaking communities across Canada, particularly in Quebec and other parts of eastern Canada where many French settlers immigrated.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Arcand

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Arcand.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Arcand was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Arcand has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Arcand was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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