<P> The surname has royal connections and the emperors of Brazil, such as Pedro II had the surname Alcántara y Silva . Consequently, the surname Alcántara is also found among freed slaves of the Brazilian household . </P> <Ul> <Li> Arismendy Alcántara--Dominican baseball player </Li> <Li> Francisco Linares Alcántara--Venezuelan statesman </Li> <Li> Izzy Alcántara--Dominican baseball player </Li> <Li> Paulino Alcántara--Filipino footballer who made much of his career in Spain </Li> <Li> Pedro Alcántara Herrán--Colombian statesman </Li> <Li> Peter of Alcantara (Spanish: San Pedro de Alcántara) (1499--1562)--canonized Spanish saint </Li> <Li> Reinier Alcántara--footballer born in Cuba who fled to the United States in 2008 </Li> <Li> Ricardo Alcántara Sgarbi (1946)--Uruguayan writer </Li> <Li> Roberto Alcántara--Mexican CEO of Viva Aerobus, a Mexican low - cost airline . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Arismendy Alcántara--Dominican baseball player </Li> <Li> Francisco Linares Alcántara--Venezuelan statesman </Li>

Where does the last name alcantar come from