Alteni Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Namibia

Alteni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alteni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Alteni (116) may also be a first name.

Alteni Last Name Facts

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

The surname Alteni has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Alteni click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alteni? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name globally, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Alteni live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most common first name at a global level, held by 116 people.

Alteni is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria Alteni is primarily concentrated in: Zamfara, where 54 percent live, Sokoto, where 38 percent live and Cross River, where 4 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 4 percent live and Namibia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Allteni9214/
Altenis923/
Altenai922/
Altenio921/
Altena834,531/
Altini833,810/
Altene83136/
Alteny831/
Altaheeni802/
Altaheini801/
Altinis77202/
Altenes7751/
Altynai7733/
Haltini7717/
Altinie7713/
Alteneh776/
Altingi774/
Altener772/
Altinai772/
Alteine772/
Althene772/
Altioni772/
Alttini772/
Altenay772/
Altaini771/
Alteyna771/
Galteny771/
Alltene771/
Altenea771/
Altinih771/
Altiene771/
Altuini771/
Holteni771/
Haltene770/
Althena770/
Altenähr7159/
Altoynis715/
Althaini711/
Altieneh711/
Gailtene711/
Haltener710/
Altine6733,468/
Altiné6731/
Altiny677/
Oltini671/
Altyne671/
Aldthaini671/
Altinè671/
Oltena671/
Gaulteney671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Alteni
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