Alkaster Surname

431,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 798 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Alkaster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alkaster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7971:67,9778,513
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Alkaster Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alkaster is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Alkaster? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 431,494th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 9,132,263 people. Alkaster occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alkaster live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 797 people, or 1 in 67,977. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 81 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 12 percent reside and Gauteng, where 3 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Alkaster Last Name Statistics demography

Alkaster earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.76% less than the national average, earning R 155,040 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 Alkaster
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