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
Average Alca Salary in
United States
$47,678 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alca is found most frequently in Peru. It can also appear in the variant forms: Alça or Alča. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alca? popularity and diffusion
Alca is the 129,811th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,089,319 people. The surname Alca occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Alca reside; 89 percent reside in South America and 84 percent reside in Andean South America. Alca is also the 637,340th most common given name throughout the world, borne by 202 people.
The surname is most widely held in Peru, where it is borne by 2,928 people, or 1 in 10,855. In Peru it is most common in: Lima Province, where 37 percent reside, Ayacucho Region, where 12 percent reside and Ica Region, where 11 percent reside. Barring Peru Alca exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 4 percent reside and Chile, where 2 percent reside.
Alca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Alca surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Alca
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