# Alencar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/alencar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 219 |
| US rank (2010) | 85,357 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,409,797 people |
| Change since 2000 | +77% (124 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Alencar.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Alencar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Alencar in Brazil.

## People named Alencar

- Rafael Alencar, Brazilian pornographic actor
- Manoel Alencar Monte, Brazilian association football player
- Humberto Castelo Branco, Brazilian military leader and politician; former President of Brazil (1900-1967)
- Marquinhos, Brazilian footballer
- Frei Tito, Brazilian theologian (1945–1974)

## Similar surnames

Alonso, Alonzo, Alaniz, Alanis, Almazan, Almaguer, Almquist, Alongi, Alling, Allensworth, Allums, Allington.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.