The Alcaraz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,616 people carried this name — #3,098 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,400 people counted. That is up 44% from 8,041 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Alcaraz surname
From Spanish Alcaraz, from Arabic الكرز (al-Karaz), from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + كرز (karaz, “cherry”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Alcaraz» (English), 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 26,777 people named Alcaraz 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 mapWhere they live today
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 881 people named Alcaraz.
Most of them — 467 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
49 people named Alcaraz live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Alcaraz in American newspapers,
1891–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 723 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alcaraz.
- Alby 189 · U.S. census
- Alcaide 871 · U.S. census
- Alcala 17,758 · U.S. census
- Alcalde 699 · U.S. census
- Alcantara 12,636 · U.S. census
- Alcaras 220 · U.S. census
- Alcazar 4,219 · U.S. census
- Alcide 561 · U.S. census
- Alcindor 651 · U.S. census
- Alcon 978 · U.S. census
- Alcover 176 · U.S. census
- Aldeguer 148 · U.S. census
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