Alterthum Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Canada

Alterthum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Alterthum Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Alterthum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Alterthum is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Alterthum? popularity and diffusion

Alterthum is the 4,772,636th most numerous surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Alterthum occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Alterthum reside; 71 percent reside in South America and 65 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 19,461,303. In Brazil Alterthum is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 73 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 27 percent live. Other than Brazil Alterthum exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 18 percent live and Argentina, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alterton7119/
Aldrathm711/
Halterton670/
Altherton670/

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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 Alterthum
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