Alta Surname
Approximately 2,990 people bear this surname
Alta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 991 | 1:125,253 | 4,209 |
| Philippines | 767 | 1:131,992 | 22,469 |
| Netherlands | 162 | 1:104,242 | 16,843 |
| Peru | 133 | 1:238,978 | 10,094 |
| United States | 131 | 1:2,766,862 | 164,942 |
| Ecuador | 127 | 1:125,243 | 6,679 |
| Indonesia | 125 | 1:1,057,994 | 76,813 |
| Pakistan | 114 | 1:1,567,052 | 16,715 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Turkey | 55 | 1:1,414,935 | 56,482 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Greece | 31 | 1:357,413 | 49,581 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Alta (30,543) may also be a first name.
Alta Demographics
Average Alta Salary in
United States
$40,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alta (Arabic: التا, Bengali: আলতা, Georgian: ალთა, Hindi: अलता, Oriya: ଅଲି୍ଟ, Russian: Альта) is most common in Mexico. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 147,969th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,437,306 people. The last name Alta is primarily found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Alta reside; 36 percent reside in North America and 33 percent reside in Hispano-North America. Alta is also the 27,526th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 30,543 people.
The last name Alta is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is borne by 991 people, or 1 in 125,253. In Mexico it is most frequent in: Puebla, where 80 percent are found, Veracruz, where 6 percent are found and Mexico City, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Mexico Alta exists in 68 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 26 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 5 percent are found.
Alta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Alta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Alta surname expanded 1,456 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Alta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Alta last name are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.54% being registered with the political party.
The amount Alta earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 35.33% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,233 per year and in United States they earn 5.37% less than the national average, earning $40,833 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alta in the Bengali language | ||
| আলতা | alata | - |
| Alta in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଲି୍ଟ | alita | - |
| Alta in the Georgian language | ||
| ალთა | alta | 50 |
| ალტა | alta | 50 |
| Alta in the Hindi language | ||
| अलता | alata | 38.1 |
| अल्ता | alta | 30.48 |
| आलता | alata | 19.05 |
| आल्ता | alta | 7.62 |
| अल्टा | alta | 2.86 |
| अल्त | alta | 0.95 |
| आल्टा | alta | 0.95 |
| Alta in the Russian language | ||
| Альта | alta | - |
| Alta in the Arabic language | ||
| التا | alta | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alta
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