de Alcântara Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

de Alcântara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Alcântara 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
Brazil331:6,487,101155,169
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de Alcantara (39,042) & de Alcántara (65) are calculated separately.

de Alcântara Last Name Facts

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

de Alcântara is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: de Alcantara or de Alcántara. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 3,141,416th most widespread family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. de Alcântara occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of de Alcântara reside; 85 percent reside in South America and 85 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 6,487,101. In Brazil de Alcântara is most common in: São Paulo, where 27 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 21 percent live and Ceará, where 6 percent live. Besides Brazil this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 10 percent live and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 3 percent live.

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 Alcantara9739,042/
de Alcántara9765/
de Alcontara921/
de Alcantaras888/
de Alchantara882/
de Alcantatra881/
de Alcanttara881/
de Alcantaraa881/
der Alcantara881/
da Alcantara8332/
de Alcantera8320/
de Alcantaro836/
de Alcamtara832/
di Alcantara832/
de Alcantora831/
de Alcantare831/
de Alzantara831/
di Alcantari751/
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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 de Alcântara
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