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D'arco Surname Meaning

In southern Italy, a habitational name from any of various places named with this word, in particular Pomigliano d’Arco in Naples province.

Elsewhere, possibly a metonymic occupational name for a bowman or a maker of bows, from arco ‘bow’ (from Latin arcus).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


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