Arquilla
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Arquilla
Frequency: (127)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish: probably from a diminutive of the vocabulary word arca ‘chest’, ‘coffer’, hence an occupational name for a chest maker. The name also occurs in Italy, possibly of Spanish origin.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 12%. Velio (2), Dario, Guido, Marco, Primo.
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