Alcocer
surname · Latin script
Meaning: places, for example in the provinces of Alicante and Gua¬ dalajara, so called from the Arabic def
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 11 countries · latest register: INEC, 2024
/al.koˈseɾ/(recorded in a dictionary) Spanish · from Wiktionary
Alcocer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country.
- BOBolivia≈1 in 2.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- CRCosta Rica1 in 5K
- MXMexico≈1 in 5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Mexico (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 203 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈26,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Bolivia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)places, for example in the provinces of Alicante and Gua¬ dalajara, so called from the Arabic def. art. al + qusayr small palace (a dim. of qasr; cf. AlcAzar).
Cited for this meaning 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Alcocer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MX Mexico | #543 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 5K | 1K | Alcocer | 175 |
| BO Bolivia | #202 | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Alcocer | 46 |
| US United States | — | 3,693 | 1 in 90K | 3.7K | Alcocer | 203 |
| ES Spain | — | 3,313 | 1 in 15K | 3.3K | Alcocer | 127 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Alcocer | 53 |
| EC Ecuador | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 10K | 19 | Alcocer | 24 |
| CR Costa Rica | #287 | 1,030 | 1 in 5K | 1K | Alcocer | 27 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Ignacio Alcocerb. 1870MXMexican politician (1870–1936)
- Santos Alcocer Bádenasb. 1907ES(1907-1987)
- Víctor Alcocerb. 1917MXMexican actor (1917–1984)
- Alberto Alcocerb. 1942ESbusinessman
- Alberto Cortinab. 1947ESnot in their usual nameSpanish businessman
- Alejandro González Alcocerb. 1951MXMexican politician
- Mariano Palacios Alcocerb. 1952MXMexican politician
- Natalia Esperónb. 1974MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress
- Verónica Alcocerb. 1976COFirst Lady of Colombia since 2022
- Sofía Petrob. 2002COnot in their usual nameColombian activist and feminist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)18 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 11 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Alcocer come from?
- places, for example in the provinces of Alicante and Gua¬ dalajara, so called from the Arabic def. art. al + qusayr small palace (a dim. of qasr; cf. AlcAzar). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- How do you pronounce Alcocer?
- In Spanish /al.koˈseɾ/ (Wiktionary).
- What does the name Alcocer mean?
- Recorded meaning: places, for example in the provinces of Alicante and Gua¬ dalajara, so called from the Arabic def.
- In which country does Alcocer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 26 thousand people named Alcocer in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alcocer.
- How common is the name Alcocer?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,693 people named Alcocer in 2010, about 1 in 90 thousand residents.
- How common is Alcocer compared with other names?
- In Mexico, Alcocer is the 543rd most common surname of 206,803 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/alcocerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alcocer” — the 543rd most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.