Barca Family History
Barca Name Meaning
Spanish and Italian: from barca ‘boat small boat’ (from Latin barca) hence a metonymic occupational name for a sailor a shipbuilder or the owner of a boat. Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name from any of various places called with this word which is probably of pre-Roman origin. Hungarian: habitational name from a place called Barca in Borsod County. In some cases the surname could be a derivative of the personal name Bertalan Hungarian form of Bartholomew . Romanian (Bârcă): nickname from bârcă ‘curly fleeced sheep’ hence probably a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd or a nickname for someone with curly hair.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022