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    The surname Alcorta

    A surname, carried by 1,561 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A426

    Alcorta: #17,911 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alcorta #17,911, 1,561 people Alcorta: #17,911 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alcorta #17,911, 1,561 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alcorta is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,561 people named Alcorta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,787 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,365.

    #17,911
    rank among US surnames
    1,561
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,619)

    Who is named Alcorta

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

    92% of people named Alcorta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alcorta

    Alcorta has the Soundex code A426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A426.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Alcorta?
    1,561 people in the United States had the surname Alcorta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,787 Americans. It ranked 17,911th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alcorta?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Alcorta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Alcorta getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,365 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,561 in 2010, up 14%.