van Alten Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Alten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Alten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3311:51,0198,761
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England41:13,929,515290,718
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

van Alten Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Alten is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Alten? popularity and diffusion

The surname van Alten is the 746,827th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of van Alten are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 331 people, or 1 in 51,019. In The Netherlands van Alten is most numerous in: South Holland, where 31 percent live, North Holland, where 24 percent live and Zeeland, where 16 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

van Alten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Alten has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 44 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Alten Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Alten earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.61% more than the national average, earning R 429,192 per year and in Canada they earn 12.28% more than the national average, earning $55,784 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Aalten95480/
van Aelten9577/
van Althen951/
van Halten950/
van Elten89708/
von Alten8940/
van Holten84898/
van Helten84159/
von Althen845/
Van-Aalten841/
van Haltem840/
van Houlten801/
von Elten7815/
von Holten74220/
Von-Elten671/
Von-Holten633/

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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 van Alten
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