Alkantara Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Suriname
Highest density in:
Suriname

Alkantara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alkantara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Philippines201:5,061,911170,869
Greece161:692,48777,522
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Alkantara Last Name Facts

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

Alkantara (Russian: Алькантара) is held by more people in Suriname than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alkantara? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,701,480th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. Alkantara occurs mostly in The Americas, where 36 percent of Alkantara live; 30 percent live in South America and 28 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America.

The last name is most prevalent in Suriname, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 17,269. Excluding Suriname it occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 17 percent reside and Greece, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Alkantara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Alkantara in the Russian language
Алькантараalkantara-

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Footnotes

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