How common is the surname Alcocer?

3,693 people in the United States had the surname Alcocer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,603 Americans. It ranked 8,867th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Alcocer?

Máximo Alcócer, Bolivian footballer (1933-2014).

Where is the surname Alcocer most common?

Wikidata records people named Alcocer in Bolivia.

Is the surname Alcocer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,693 in 2010, up 44%.

The surname Alcocer

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,693 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A422

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alcocer is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Alcocer.

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 3,693 people named Alcocer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,603 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,567.

#8,867

rank among US surnames

3,693

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+43.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,295)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,861	Barbera	3,696	83,535
#8,862	Lutes	3,695	83,558
#8,865	Hoyos	3,694	83,580
#8,867	Bretz	3,693	83,603
#8,870	Cirillo	3,692	83,626

Who is named Alcocer

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

93% of people named Alcocer identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Alcocers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Máximo Alcócer
Bolivian footballer (1933-2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Alcocer

Alcock

Alcocer has the Soundex code A422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A422.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Alcocer come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Alcocer.
How common is the surname Alcocer?: 3,693 people in the United States had the surname Alcocer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,603 Americans. It ranked 8,867th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alcocer?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Alcocer identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Alcocer?: Máximo Alcócer, Bolivian footballer (1933-2014).
Where is the surname Alcocer most common?: Wikidata records people named Alcocer in Bolivia.
Is the surname Alcocer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,693 in 2010, up 44%.