Alcatara Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Alcatara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alcatara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico311:4,004,07126,265
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Philippines171:5,955,190180,670
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Spain21:23,376,018128,922

The alternate forms: Alcâtara (1) are calculated separately.

Alcatara Last Name Facts

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

Alcatara is borne by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Alcâtara. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alcatara? popularity and diffusion

The last name Alcatara is the 1,666,404th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name Alcatara is predominantly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Alcatara live; 38 percent live in North America and 26 percent live in Hispano-North America.

The last name Alcatara is most numerous in Mexico, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 4,004,071. In Mexico it is most numerous in: México, where 35 percent live, Mexico City, where 26 percent live and Jalisco, where 10 percent live. Besides Mexico Alcatara occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 24 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 19 percent live.

Alcatara Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Alcatara earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 71.59% less than the national average, earning S/. 5,508 per year and in United States they earn 38.23% less than the national average, earning $26,654 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 Alcatara
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