Larco Explained

Larco is an Italian surname.

US Immigration

Between 1860 and 1948, most immigrants named Larco came from Peru, France, and Italy. Many of them sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on the Santa Elisa. Most Larco immigrants to the U.S. arrived in 1929 with New York City 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

• Rafael Larco Hoyle (b. 1901), Peruvian Archaeologist
• Guillermo Larco Cox (b. 1932), Peruvian Civil Engineer and Politician
• Luis T. Larco, Peruvian Politician
• Michael Angelo Larco (b. 1977), Violist with Los Angeles Philharmonic

Places

• Larco Museum, also known as Museo Larco. Peruvian museum of pre-Columbian civilizations in Lima

References

• The Larco Name in History, Ancestry.com, June 23, 2007