Arca Family History

Galician and Portuguese: habitational name from any of the places called Arca in Pontevedra province (Galicia, Spain) or northern Portugal or a topographic name. Both are formed with arca ‘chest’ but probably in the cultural (architectural) sense of ‘arch’.

Italian (Sardinia): nickname or occupational name from arca ‘chest storehouse’ and in dialect also meaning ‘place for housing of livestock’ or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Arca.