Altaffer Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Altaffer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Altaffer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3401:1,066,05677,773
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Altaffer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Altaffer Come From? nationality or country of origin

Altaffer is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Altaffer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Altaffer is the 801,116th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. Altaffer occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Altaffer reside; 76 percent reside in North America and 76 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 340 people, or 1 in 1,066,056. In The United States it is most frequent in: Ohio, where 25 percent live, Oklahoma, where 8 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Altaffer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Altaffer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Altaffer last name increased 479 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Altaffer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Altaffer last name are 18.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.43% being registered with the party.

Altaffer earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.2% more than the national average, earning $47,550 USD per year.

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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 Altaffer
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