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    The surname Alcantara

    A Spanish surname, carried by 12,636 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex A425

    Alcantara: #2,853 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Alcantara #2,853, 12,636 people Alcantara: #2,853 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alcantara #2,853, 12,636 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alcantara is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Alcántara.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,636 people named Alcantara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,434 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,112.

    #2,853
    rank among US surnames
    12,636
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +55.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,017)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,844McArthur12,68324,343
    #2,845Grey12,68024,349
    #2,846Wisniewski12,67524,359
    #2,847Pan12,66424,380
    #2,848Guardado12,65624,395
    #2,849Benavidez12,64824,411
    #2,850Garber12,64024,426

    Who is named Alcantara

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    75% of people named Alcantara identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 75%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 18%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Alcantaras

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Iuri Alcântara
      Brazilian martial artist, born 1980

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alcantara

    Alcantara has the Soundex code A425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A425.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Alcantara come from?
    From Spanish Alcántara.
    How common is the surname Alcantara?
    12,636 people in the United States had the surname Alcantara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,434 Americans. It ranked 2,853rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alcantara?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Alcantara identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Alcantara?
    Iuri Alcântara, Brazilian martial artist.
    Where is the surname Alcantara most common?
    Wikidata records people named Alcantara in Brazil.
    Is the surname Alcantara getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,636 in 2010, up 56%.