The Cárceles Last Name

In Wikidata, Cárceles is listed as a Spanish surname. In Spain, the INE population register lists 2,596 people with Cárceles as their first surname and 2,338 as their second. INSEE counts 277 people born in France with the Cárceles surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1971–1980. We don't publish a meaning for Cárceles without a reliable source. Our researchers work it out from the records of each family.

Here is a quick, evidence-based look at the Cárceles surname.

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Cárceles, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms. Want more than a summary? See the Cárceles family name pack.