Alarcón
A Spanish surname taken from a place name, best known from the town of Alarcón in Cuenca, Spain.
The #1,917 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 16,418 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Alarcón is a habitational surname, meaning it began as a name for someone who came from a place called Alarcón. The name is associated with the town of Alarcón in the province of Cuenca, Spain. The deeper origin of the place name is less certain and is not securely explained in the excerpted source.
History
The surname is established in Spain and later spread widely through the Spanish-speaking world. It is borne by many families in Latin America and among Spanish diasporas. The excerpt provided mentions it only as part of a larger list of Spanish surnames, not as a full etymological entry.
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Fun fact
The accent mark in Alarcón reflects Spanish spelling, but many records outside the Spanish-speaking world drop it as Alarcon.
From the historical record
“yor, Aguas, Aguayo, Agudo, Agüero, Águila, Aguilue, Aguiló , Aguinaga, Aguirre , Agulbj, Ahumada, Aillon, Alaminos, Alanis, Alarcon, Alas, Álava, Alba, x\lbacete, Albarado, Albarracin, Al- bear, Albeniz, Alberola, Albiñana, Albistur, Al- bolafia, Albuerne, Alcacer, Alcalá, Alcántara, Alca- raz. Alcázar, Alcoba…”
— Ensayo histórico etimológico filológico sobre los apellidos castellanos