How common is the surname Alencar?

219 people in the United States had the surname Alencar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,409,797 Americans. It ranked 85,357th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Alencar?

In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Alencar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Alencar?

Rafael Alencar, Brazilian pornographic actor, followed by Manoel Alencar Monte.

Where is the surname Alencar most common?

Wikidata records people named Alencar in Brazil.

Is the surname Alencar getting more or less common?

More common. 124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 219 in 2010, up 77%.

The surname Alencar

A Portuguese surname, carried by 219 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alencar is more common than 47.4% of them.

Origin

Portuguese origin

Borrowed from Portuguese Alencar.

One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 219 people named Alencar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,409,797 Americans. That is up 77% since 2000, when the Census counted 124.

#85,357

rank among US surnames

219

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

+76.6%

change since 2000 (was #127,186)

Who is named Alencar

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

79% of people named Alencar identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Two or more races 2.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Alencars

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rafael Alencar
Brazilian pornographic actor, born 1978
Manoel Alencar Monte
Brazilian association football player, born 1892
Humberto Castelo Branco
Brazilian military leader and politician; former President of Brazil (1900-1967)
Marquinhos
Brazilian footballer, born 2003
Frei Tito
Brazilian theologian (1945–1974)

Other Portuguese surnames

All 71 Portuguese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Alencar come from?: Borrowed from Portuguese Alencar.
How common is the surname Alencar?: 219 people in the United States had the surname Alencar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,409,797 Americans. It ranked 85,357th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alencar?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Alencar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Alencar?: Rafael Alencar, Brazilian pornographic actor, followed by Manoel Alencar Monte.
Where is the surname Alencar most common?: Wikidata records people named Alencar in Brazil.
Is the surname Alencar getting more or less common?: More common. 124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 219 in 2010, up 77%.