Barcia

Barcia (plural Barcias)

1. A surname from Galician.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Barcia is the 5316^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6555 individuals. Barcia is most common among Hispanic/Latino (81.69%) and White (15.51%) individuals.

• Arabic, carabi

From the older spelling of varcia (“floodplain”). Attested as Varzena in local Medieval Latin documents;^[1] ultimately from a substrate language.

• Hyphenation: Bar‧cia

Barcia m

1. A parish of Navia de Suarna, Lugo, Galicia
2. Barcia de Mera (a parish of Covelo, Pontevedra, Galicia)
3. A parish of Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia
4. A Barcia do Seixo (a parish of A Lama, Pontevedra, Galicia)
5. a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia
6. a toponymical surname

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “varzea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “Barcia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Barcia” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.