About Alcindor
The surname Alcindor is of Arabic origin and is derived from the personal name Al-Sindar, meaning "the cymbal player" or "the drummer." It is a patronymic surname, indicating that it was originally used to identify the descendants of someone with this occupation. The name Alcindor is most commonly associated with the basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who changed his name from Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. in 1971.
The surname Alcindor is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:
Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Alcindor based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.
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Here's how to represent Alcindor in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Alcindor using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.