Arce (surname)
Arce or Arze is a Spanish and also Basque surname but may also refer to the given name popular in the Levant. Arzé or Arza is a feminine given name primarily in the Semitic languages, and popular in Lebanon as it means Cedar of Lebanon while the male version of the name is Arz.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aniceto Arce, 22nd President of Bolivia
- Ayana Holloway Arce, American physicist
- Carlos Arce (footballer, born 1985), Argentine right-back
- Carlos Arce (footballer, born 1990), Argentine midfielder
- Damián Arce, Argentine footballer
- Eduardo Arze Quiroga, Bolivian diplomat
- Eleutherius of Rocca d'Arce, saint
- Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
- Francisco Arce, Mexican soldier in Alta California
- Francisco Arce, Paraguayan footballer
- Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish writer and statesman
- Gregorio Vasquez de Arce y Ceballos, Colombian painter
- Ignacio Arce, Argentine footballer
- José Arce, Argentine physician, politician and diplomat
- Juan Bautista Avalle-Arce, Argentine historian
- Juan Carlos Arce, Bolivian footballer
- Líber Arce, martyred Uruguayan student activist
- Luis Arce, 67th President of Bolivia
- Manuel José Arce, Salvadoran politician
- Matías Arce, Argentine retired footballer
- Nicolás Bianchi Arce, Argentine retired footballer
- Vicente Arze, Bolivian footballer
- Arzé Chidiac, Lebanese TV presenter
- Arzé Khodr, playwright
- Arz Étienne Saqr
- Arzé, the Lebanese feature film