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Valcarcel Surname Meaning

Spanish Galician and Asturian-Leonese (Valcárcel): habitational name from any of the places in La Rioja province Galicia and Asturias called Valcárcel named in Galician or Old Spanish with val ‘valley’ + cárcel ‘prison’ (from Latin carcer).

The second element being used in the transferred sense of a confined space i.e. a narrow gorge.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Valcarcel families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Valcarcel family name was found in the USA, and the UK between 1891 and 1920. The most Valcarcel families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 4 Valcarcel families living in Suffolk. This was 100% of all the recorded Valcarcel's in United Kingdom. Suffolk had the highest population of Valcarcel families in 1891.
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Between 1960 and 2004, in the United States, Valcarcel life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1960, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Valcarcel in 1960 was 34, and 82 in 2004.

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