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

Emilcar, 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 Emilcar surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Emilcar in America

Emilcar is the 125282nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Emilcar surname appeared 137 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 Emilcar.

The history of the last name Emilcar

The surname Emilcar is believed to have originated in the region of ancient Carthage, located in what is now modern-day Tunisia, during the 6th century BC. It is derived from the Punic language, a Semitic dialect spoken by the Phoenicians and their descendants, the Carthaginians. The name itself is a combination of the words "Emel" meaning "prince" and "Car" meaning "city," thus potentially translating to "Prince of the City" or a similar honorific title.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Emilcar can be found in the writings of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, who mentions a Carthaginian general named Hamilcar (a variant spelling) in his accounts of the Greco-Persian Wars. This Hamilcar is believed to have participated in the Battle of Himera in 480 BC, where the Carthaginian forces were decisively defeated by the Greek army from Syracuse.

During the Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome (264-146 BC), several prominent figures with the name Emilcar are documented in historical texts. The most notable among them was Hamilcar Barca, a Carthaginian military leader and father of the famous Hannibal. Hamilcar led Carthaginian forces in Sicily and Iberia, laying the foundations for Hannibal's subsequent invasion of Italy.

In the Middle Ages, the name Emilcar appears to have spread to various regions of Europe, with different spelling variations emerging. One such example is Amalric, a Latinized form of the name that was commonly used among the Normans in France and England. Amalric of Bena, a French monk and theologian born in the late 12th century, is one of the notable figures with this variant of the name.

During the Renaissance period, the name Emilcar gained popularity in Italy, where it was often rendered as Emilcare or Amílcar. One of the most famous individuals with this name was Emilcare di Negroponte, an Italian-born Ottoman admiral and cartographer who lived in the 16th century and was renowned for his maps of the Mediterranean region.

In modern times, the surname Emilcar remains relatively uncommon, but it continues to be found in various parts of the world, particularly in regions with historical ties to the Mediterranean and North Africa. Some notable individuals with this surname include Emilcar Torti, an Argentine author and academic born in 1917, and Emilcar Jaramillo, a Colombian painter and sculptor born in 1957.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Emilcar

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

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 Emilcar 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.

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 Emilcar was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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