Arceo Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Arceo is best understood alongside Arce: both are Spanish spellings of a single family name. Read literally, Arceo points to “Maple”.

• Before spelling was fixed, Arce was also written Arceo.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• About 4,265 people in the United States were recorded as Arceo in 2010, placing it 7,782 on the national list. 75% of them identified as Hispanic or Latino. Spanish statistics put 346 people with Arceo in first position and 399 in second.

Arceo coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Arceo, so the heraldry linked to Arce is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Arceo surname pack.