Alcanza Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Alcanza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alcanza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines601:1,687,304110,517
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Alcanza Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alcanza is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alcanza? popularity and diffusion

Alcanza is the 2,394,033rd most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Alcanza reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 1,687,304. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Western Visayas, where 87 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 13 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines Alcanza occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 2 percent reside and Colombia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alcanzo86414/
Alconza8631/
Alcansa865/
Alcanja863/
Alcança862/
Alzanza861/
Alcancia801,033/
Alcansia805/
Alcangia801/
Alcansas801/
Alcance71488/
Alcanjo71362/
Alcanse71357/
Alkanzi71224/
Alcange7123/
Alcansi7118/
Alcanso717/
Alkanzy715/
Alconzo713/
Alkansa713/
Alcancy712/
Alcanje711/
Alcançe711/
Alkanja711/
Alcances67290/
Alcancis6748/
Alcanses6734/
Alcansis6731/
Alcancio6726/
Alchanjo6718/
Alcansoy6713/
Alkhansa6710/
Alcangio672/
Aljamzah671/
Alcandji671/
Alcanger671/
Alkanzee671/
Alsancea671/
Alcanges671/
Alkansaa671/

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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 Alcanza
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