Alcantes Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Alcantes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alcantes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil691:3,102,52789,979
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Alcantes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Alcantes is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alcantes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,255,512th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. Alcantes occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Alcantes are found; 97 percent are found in South America and 97 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name Alcantes is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 3,102,527. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Rondônia, where 35 percent live, Pernambuco, where 14 percent live and Sergipe, where 9 percent live. Aside from Brazil it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live.

Alcantes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Alcantes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Alcantes surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alcante93246/
Alcanter88164/
Alcantis8828/
Alcanthe8813/
Alcaunter821/
Alcanta80113/
Alcanti8044/
Alconte800/
Alcantaa754/
Alcontis752/
Alkantis751/
Alcantio751/
Alcantaia713/
Alcantaya711/
Alkantter711/
Alkanti67138/
Alkanta6712/
Alcatentii673/
Alconti671/
Alcánta671/
Alconta671/
Alkonte671/
Ailkanti633/
Alkanthi633/
Alqahanti591/
Alkonti5332/
Alkonta5317/
Alkamti532/
Alkonty531/
Alkonthi5013/
Alkounti508/
Aalkonta501/
Holcomte500/

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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 Alcantes
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