Alca Surname
Approximately 3,488 people bear this surname
Alca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 2,928 | 1:10,855 | 1,510 |
| Philippines | 128 | 1:790,924 | 76,218 |
| Chile | 73 | 1:241,322 | 7,329 |
| Taiwan | 72 | 1:325,621 | 2,606 |
| Brazil | 68 | 1:3,148,152 | 91,004 |
| United States | 58 | 1:6,249,292 | 299,206 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Bolivia | 11 | 1:965,130 | 4,776 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Guatemala | 7 | 1:2,297,524 | 6,613 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
The alternate forms: Alça (906) & Alča (4) are calculated separately.
Alca (202) may also be a first name.
Alca Demographics
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Alca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alca occurs more in Peru more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Alça or Alča. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alca? popularity and diffusion
Alca is the 129,811th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,089,319 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Alca live; 89 percent live in South America and 84 percent live in Andean South America. It is also the 637,340th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 202 people.
Alca is most numerous in Peru, where it is held by 2,928 people, or 1 in 10,855. In Peru it is mostly found in: Lima Province, where 37 percent are found, Ayacucho Region, where 12 percent are found and Ica Region, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Peru it occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 4 percent are found and Chile, where 2 percent are found.
Alca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Alca surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% being registered with the political party.
The amount Alca earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 5.73% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,274 per year; in United States they earn 10.5% more than the national average, earning $47,678 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.4% more than the national average, earning $58,826 CAD 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
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