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The Alcalde surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 699 people carried this name — #32,834 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 26% from 556 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Alcalde surname

A surname originating as an occupation.

From alcalde (“mayor”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Alcalde» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,773 people named Alcalde live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 585
Mendoza 276
City of Buenos Aires 195
Córdoba 182
Santiago del Estero 104
San Juan 67
La Pampa 65
Chubut 43

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 87 people named Alcalde.

Most of them — 46 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 46
Hauts-de-Seine 7
Bouches-du-Rhône 4
Haute-Garonne 4
Aude 3
Aveyron 3
Calvados 3
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 2
Var 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Alcalde,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antonio Alcalde y Barriga
    Antonio Alcalde y Barriga 1701–1792 · friar
  • Teodoro Alcalde
    Teodoro Alcalde 1913–1995 · association football coach
  • Jorge Alcalde
    Jorge Alcalde 1916–1990 · association football coach
  • Antonio Alcalde y Barriga 1701–1792 · friar
  • Ambrosio Alcalde 1827–1847 · military personnel
  • Ambrosio Alcalde 1827–1847 · military personnel

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Alcalde is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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