Larco is an Italian surname.
US Immigration
Between 1860 and 1948, most immigrants named ''Larco'' came from
Peru
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,
France
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, and
Italy
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. Many of them sailed across the
Atlantic Ocean
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on the
Santa Elisa
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. Most Larco immigrants to the U.S. arrived in 1929 with
New York City
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being the most popular arrival destination with records of 110 immigrants.
Distribution
Based on the 2002 United States White Pages, the Larco surname is ranked 113,592 out of 1,778,655 total unique surnames.
People with the surname
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Rafael Larco Hoyle
Rafael Larco Hoyle (18 May 1901 in Chicama Valley, Peru – 23 October 1966, Lima), raised at Chiclin, his family's estate, was sent to school in Maryland, United States, at the age of twelve. He later entered Cornell University to study agric ...
(b. 1901), Peruvian Archaeologist
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Guillermo Larco Cox
Guillermo Larco Cox (February 19, 1932 – July 12, 2002), is a civil engineer and Peruvian politician. Member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, achieved the position of Senator and Prime Minister.
Early life and career
Guillermo Larco Cox was ...
(b. 1932), Peruvian Civil Engineer and Politician
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Luis T. Larco, Peruvian Politician
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Michael Angelo Larco
Michael may refer to:
People
* Michael (given name), a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
(b. 1977), Violist with Los Angeles Philharmonic
Places
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Larco Museum
The Larco Museum (officially known as Rafael Larco Herrera Archaeological Museum, in es, Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera, links=no) is a privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art, located in the Pueblo Libre District of Lima, Peru. The ...
, also known as ''Museo Larco''. Peruvian museum of pre-Columbian civilizations in Lima
References
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* The Larco Name in History, Ancestry.com, June 23, 2007
Surnames