Alterna Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Alterna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Alterna (16) may also be a first name.
Alterna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alterna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alterna (Russian: Альтерна) is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alterna? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Alterna are found; 33 percent are found in North America and 20 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Alterna is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 16 people.
The surname Alterna is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil Alterna is most common in: Espírito Santo, where 50 percent live and Paraná, where 50 percent live. Beside Brazil it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alterna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alterna in the Russian language | ||
| Альтерна | alterna | - |
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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 Alterna
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