Last name origins & meanings:
- Basque, Spanish, and Aragonese: formerly most common in the
Basque country and in Aragon, this name is generally assumed to be
from abarca ‘sandal’ (Basque abarka), which refers to
the traditional Basque peasant sandal or moccasin made of uncured
leather. In the past this word was also applied to footwear made from
wooden materials, and is probably derived from Basque abar
‘branch’, ‘twig’. Some scholars, however, think that abarka is
an old topographic term referring to a grove of holm oaks or kermes
oaks.
- Basque, Spanish, and Aragonese: habitational name from the village of Abarca in the province
of Palencia.
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