Altune Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Altune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 314 | 1:564,149 | 27,398 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Altune (271) may also be a first name.
Altune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Altune Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Altune is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Altune? popularity and diffusion
It is the 842,714th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Altune reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 540,009th most commonly held given name globally, held by 271 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 564,149. In Nigeria Altune is most common in: Sokoto, where 52 percent live, Zamfara, where 33 percent live and Kebbi, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Altune is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 2 percent live and Haiti, where 1 percent live.
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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 Altune
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