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Where Does The Last Name Alten Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Alten (Marathi: आलटेन, Russian: Алтен) is found most in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Altén. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alten? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 164,185^th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,757,301 people. The last name Alten is mostly found in Europe, where 44 percent of Alten reside; 37 percent reside in Western Europe and 37 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Alten is also the 472,872^nd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 341 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 890 people, or 1 in 90,456. In Germany Alten is most common in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 35 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 34 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 21 percent are found.

Alten Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Alten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Alten last name rose 375 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 69 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Alten Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Alten last name are 1.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.35% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Alten earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 66.01% more than the national average, earning 574,541 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.51% less than the national average, earning $41,203 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.82% less than the national average, earning $44,803 CAD per year.