Altheus Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Altheus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 78 | 1:136,973 | 5,994 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Altheus (28) may also be a first name.
Altheus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Altheus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Altheus is found most in Haiti. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Altheus? popularity and diffusion
Altheus is the 2,106,139th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Altheus are found; 98 percent are found in Caribbean and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. Altheus is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name globally, borne by 28 people.
It is most widely held in Haiti, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 136,973. In Haiti Altheus is most frequent in: Ouest, where 97 percent are found, Nord, where 1 percent are found and Sud, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Haiti it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Altheus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Altheus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Altheus surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Altheus
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