The Alvares surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,789 people carried this name — #8,673 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,687 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Alvares surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From Álvaro + -es (“son of”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Álvares» (Portuguese), 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 1,525 people named Alvares 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 74 people named Alvares.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Alvares in American newspapers,
1904.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,714 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Alvares,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ordoño Álvarez 1198–1285 · Catholic priest -
Ordoño Álvarez 1198–1285 · Catholic priest
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Christiaan Hermanus Cornelis Alvares 1901–1994 · composer -
Peter Alvares 1908–1975
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Jean Alvares 1955–2025 · classical scholar
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Cesar Alvares Raya 1959– · civil servant
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alvares.
- Altmayer 162 · U.S. census
- Altmeyer 518 · U.S. census
- Altobelli 813 · U.S. census
- Altounian 150 · U.S. census
- Alunni 131 · U.S. census
- Alvarado 133,501 · U.S. census
- Alvarez 233,983 · U.S. census
- Alvaro 1,250 · U.S. census
- Alves 13,882 · U.S. census
- Alvin 1,122 · U.S. census
- Aly 1,838 · U.S. census
- Amable 141 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Alvares is.
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