Alarcan Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Alarcan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alarcan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France21:33,211,361423,184
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Alarcan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alarcan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Alarcan is carried by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Alarcan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Alarcan is the 4,307,654th most numerous family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Alarcan is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Alarcan reside; 52 percent reside in South America and 43 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

This last name is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 5,971,759. In Colombia Alarcan is most frequent in: Valle del Cauca Department, where 63 percent live, Antioquia Department, where 13 percent live and Atlántico Department, where 13 percent live. Outside of Colombia it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent live and Brazil, where 10 percent live.

Alarcan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Alarcan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Alarcan last name expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Alarcan Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Alarcan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 4.24% more than the national average, earning $23,664,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 49.01% less than the national average, earning $22,000 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alarcan
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