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The ALCANTAR surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 8,802 3701 0.003 33
United States (1880 census) 2 107326 0 0
Change since 1880 +8800 +103625 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for ALCANTAR by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 4,005 1154 0.012 118
Texas 1,593 2142 0.008 76
Illinois 847 2163 0.007 68
Arizona 578 1504 0.011 113
Washington 187 5611 0.003 32
Top States for ALCANTAR by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 4,005 1154 0.012 118
Arizona 578 1504 0.011 113
Nevada 165 2024 0.008 83
Texas 1,593 2142 0.008 76
Illinois 847 2163 0.007 68

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called ALCANTAR live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called ALCANTAR represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called ALCANTAR in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a ALCANTAR by picking someone at random in California than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of ALCANTAR

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the ALCANTAR surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the ALCANTAR surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of ALCANTAR in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 329 3.74
Native American/Alaskan 40 0.45
Asian/Pacific 39 0.44
Mixed Race 29 0.33
Black/African American 18 0.2
White (Hispanic) 8,347 94.83

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the ALCANTAR surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of ALCANTAR in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of ALCANTAR.

Similar names to ALCANTAR

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as ALCANTAR.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for ALCANTAR

The following words are slight variants of ALCANTAR that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.