Alencar Surname Meaning & Origin
What the Alencar last name means, where the surname began and how it spread.
Order your pack and our heraldry team researches and paints the Alencar coat of arms for you.
Meaning and origin of the Alencar last name
Meaning of the Alencar last name: from Alenquer. Alencar is a Portuguese surname reshaped in Brazil from the place Alenquer in Portugal. It is far better known in Brazilian than in metropolitan records. Novelist José de Alencar fixed this last name in the country's literary canon in the nineteenth century.
Arms associated with the Alencar name
Coats of arms associated with the Alencar surname follow Portuguese heraldry, each set out in a short blazon.
Get your full Alencar family history
This is only a glimpse of the Alencar story. The full Alencar history report goes much deeper into where the name began, who carried it and how the family spread, and it comes with a museum-style painted Alencar coat of arms. Get the full Alencar report.
Alencar name FAQ
What does the Alencar name mean?
From Alenquer. Common variants include Alencaster, Alenquer.
Where does the Alencar surname come from?
It originates in Portugal, and is also found in Brazil, the United States and Angola.
Is there a Alencar coat of arms?
Arms were granted to individuals rather than to everyone with a surname. Herald Lab paints a personalized Alencar coat of arms in museum style, based on historic heraldry.
Sources: José Pedro Machado, Dicionário Onomástico Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa (Lisboa, 1984); Dictionary of American Family Names (Oxford).