de Alcantara Surname

14,276th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,042 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Alcantara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Alcantara Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil38,9261:5,500406
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
São Tomé and Príncipe111:16,129920
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
France61:11,070,454349,096
Panama51:782,45211,059
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
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The alternate forms: de Alcántara (65) & de Alcântara (39) are calculated separately.

de Alcantara (37) may also be a first name.

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de Alcantara Demographics

Average de Alcantara Salary in
South Africa

R 635,364

Per year
Rank:
10,772 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000202822
Rank: 40,674 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
267.37%
Sample size: 8 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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de Alcantara Last Name Facts

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

de Alcantara occurs most in Brazil. It may also be rendered as a variant: de Alcántara or de Alcântara. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Alcantara? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 14,276th most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 186,659 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of de Alcantara are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 100 percent are found in Luso-South America. de Alcantara is also the 1,688,769th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 37 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 38,926 people, or 1 in 5,500. In Brazil de Alcantara is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 20 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 12 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent live. Outside of Brazil this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in The Dominican Republic, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

de Alcantara Last Name Statistics demography

de Alcantara earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 167.37% more than the national average, earning R 635,364 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Alcántara9765/
de Alcântara9739/
de Alcantaras968/
de Alchantara962/
der Alcantara961/
de Alcantaraa961/
de Alcanttara961/
de Alcantatra961/
da Alcantara9232/
de Alcantera9220/
de Alcantaro926/
de Alcamtara922/
di Alcantara922/
de Alzantara921/
de Alcontara921/
de Alcantare921/
de Alcantora921/
di Alcantari831/
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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
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  • 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 de Alcantara
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