Alto is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Alto
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Alto

How popular is Alto?

Alto is common in United States.

Alto is ranked 48263 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Alto bearers increased by 6.122449 per cent in 2010 US census to 832 since 2000, the surname slipped by 33 spots and ranked at 28650. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.07 73.98
Hispanic or Latino 13.34 6.76
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.33 7.27
American Indian and Alaska Native 6.61 6.89
Others 3.85 3.19
Black 1.8 1.91
Alto is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Philippines is ahead in terms of density. Around 9893 people have been found who wears Alto as their family name. Alto is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,113 Costa Rica5
27,602 Nigeria4
91,784 Netherlands2
21,529 Singapore2
28,083 Romania2
12,172 Ghana2
35,969 Denmark2
5,139 Bolivia2
65,594 Belgium2
9,272 Ecuador2
14,408 Uruguay2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
18,035 Egypt2
2,401 Honduras2
9,185 Hong Kong2
34,572 Israel2
19,046 Ireland2
37,779 Serbia1
734 Chad1
38,830 Morocco1
17,575 Kuwait1
165,773 Belarus1
7,847 Albania1
53,505 Turkey1
14,644 Tunisia1
4,435 Togo1
16,073 Latvia1
16,283 Lithuania1
40,340 Malaysia1
8,268 Mauritius1
692 Guinea1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,057 Myanmar1
3,214 Niger1
11,510 Oman1
5,924 Paraguay1
172,258 Germany1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,831 Tajikistan1
8,859 Iraq1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,027 England32
63,662 Spain26
80,267 Kazakhstan24
186,451 Ukraine16
109,551 Australia13
587,188 India11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,414 Finland85
45,171 Tanzania73
6,628 Portugal65
167,668 Russia58
Countries with hundreds of Alto:
6,302 Mexico890
15,335 Algeria357
27,478 Italy347
17,266 Argentina314
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
45,235 France220
8,460 Venezuela176
7,115 Colombia175
6,815 Chile144
68,907 Indonesia124
28,473 Canada119
12,632 Peru114
Countries with thousands of Alto:
4,759 Brazil2,941
6,496 Philippines2,191
27,920 United States1,082
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

A. Alto from Italy aboard the India from Gibraltar & Naples on July 6, 1883. He is registered to be 2 years old when he arrived in USA. 6 years old A. Alto, Angelo Alto (9 months old) Farmer, Antonio Alto, aged 36, Calistro Alto (15) Laborer, 42 years old Carmine Alto, 45 years old Gustavo Alto, Laborer Luisa Alto, Marie Alto (25) Farmer, and 1 other Alto around 77.78% of whom were laborer migrated to US from Gibraltar & Naples, Antwerp, Marseilles & Naples, Naples and Palermo & Valencia.

Alto Namesakes

  • Alessandro Altobelli, Soccer player
  • Massimiliano Alto, Voice actor
  • Bobby Alto, Actor
  • Trevor Alto, Actor
  • Marta Alto, Author
  • Olie Alto, Actor
  • Lilian Alto, Actress
  • Tony Alto, Musical Artist
  • Milo Alto-Paz, Film director
  • Mr. Palo Alto, Film Editor

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