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The Alcazar surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,219 people carried this name — #7,847 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 39% from 3,042 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Alcazar surname

From Spanish Alcázar, from alcázar, from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Alcazar» (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 1,006 people named Alcazar 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 266
Córdoba 242
Mendoza 120
City of Buenos Aires 91
Jujuy 65
Neuquén 45
Río Negro 36
Santa Cruz 28

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 167 people named Alcazar.

71 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Hérault.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 71
Hérault 33
Bouches-du-Rhône 20
Haute-Garonne 9
Hauts-de-Seine 5
Rhône 5
Var 3
Gard 3
Charente-Maritime 3

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

In print

Alcazar in American newspapers,
1888–1901.

Newspaper page from The Fairfield News And Herald carrying the name Alcazar
The Fairfield News And Herald 1888-05-09
Newspaper page from The Pickens Sentinel carrying the name Alcazar
The Pickens Sentinel 1888-05-10
Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Alcazar
Evening Journal 1901-04-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,290 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Alcazar,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Alcazar
    Joseph Alcazar 1910–1987 · association football player
  • Jaime Alejandro Alcazar Aguila d. 1973
  • Henry Alcazar 1860–1930 · barrister
  • Vicente Alcazar 1944– · comics artist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Alcazar.

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