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- Welcome!
- Here
you will
find information on Monarca family.
- The word
Monarca derives from the late Latin "monarcha", which in turn
originates from the Greek "monàrchìs" composed of "monos"
(μόνος) "only", "unique" e -àrchìs, from
"àrchein" (ἄρχειν),
which means "to govern", "to command"
and is frequently utilised as synonym of King.
- The
surname
Monarca is present in various countries, among which Italy, Mexico,
U.S.A., Argentina, Brazil,
Australia, etc; except in the Messico Case, we believe that the
family origin is in Italy.
- As
far Mexico, where there are numerous Monarca, we recall the significant
presence there of the famous "Monarca" migratory butterfly ("Danaus
plexippus", which is also the national USA insect). This presence may
have had a significant impact on the surname spread, in an
original way.
- The
surname "Monarca" is in any case rare and, due to its meaning, also
unusual.
- The
sites dedicated to surnames dissemination estimated that there are in
the world almost 4.000 individuals called Monarca, with the highest
concentration in Mexico (for the reasons mentioned above), USA and
Italy (where around 500 people¹
are estimated at the end of 2019).
- In
Italy the surname Monarca was present over the centuries only in
specific areas. Those areas were four and exactly by order of
historical recognised presence:
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- Sessa Aurunca, in Caserta province;
- Offagna, in Ancona province;
- Canale Monterano, in Rome province;
- Melilli, in Syracuse province.
- Over
the centuries Monarca families have lived in
many other cities (such as
Napoli, Roccasecca, Bevagna, Foligno, Jesi, Recanati, Tropea, Milano,
Rome, Vicenza and many others), but always
connected to the branches above.
- It is
believed
that the Sessa branch is the "original" one, and that the other three
are related to Sessa's.
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