Alton is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Alton
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Alton

How popular is Alton?

Alton is common in Canada.

Alton is ranked 49687 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Altons grew by 8.58706 per cent to 4565 since 2000 and ranked 7305 after elevating 2 spots. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.42 87.51
Hispanic or Latino 6 2.45
Black 5.54 7.06
Others 2.19 1.76
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.18 0.71
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.66 0.5
Alton is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 9565 people have been found who wears Alton as their family name. Alton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
381,097 Ukraine4
10,686 Costa Rica3
14,054 China3
90,215 Germany3
5,300 Syria2
50,640 Switzerland2
31,767 Greece2
89,020 Tanzania2
18,718 Thailand2
7,299 Estonia2
95,312 Argentina2
18,625 Japan2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
9,116 Nicaragua1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
29,774 Venezuela1
8,859 Iraq1
3,071 Jersey1
28,365 Kenya1
16,283 Lithuania1
40,340 Malaysia1
118,015 Netherlands1
47,891 Norway1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
19,810 Croatia1
971 Seychelles1
5,553 Taiwan1
7,191 Afghanistan1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
2,057 Isle of Man1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
9,780 Scotland46
7,279 Wales45
9,692 Ireland27
285,919 Indonesia20
22,809 New Zealand19
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,972 Australia87
12,704 Sweden73
2,801 Northern Ireland72
104,075 Brazil64
3,881 Hong Kong59
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Alton:
18,360 South Africa329
17,404 Mexico209
47,714 France208
31,070 Turkey140
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Alton:
7,339 United States5,170
5,026 England1,463
3,693 Canada1,252
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

W.D. Alton worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 23 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on Chester and arrived on May 2, 1849. Thomas Alton (40) Laborer/Farmer, Workman Thomas Alton, James Alton (25) Immigrant, Farmer Michael Alton, Mary Alton (22) Farmer, My. Alton, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

Signor Alton was 43 years old when he migrated to New York on October 23, 1885. He lived in London, Italy where he worked as artist and took City Of Chester from Liverpool & Queenstown.

Comments

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 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of altu word and a suffix meaning place high this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Alton Namesakes

  • David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, Life peer
  • John Alton, Cinematographer
  • Marnie Alton, Actress
  • Roger Alton, Journalist
  • Robert Alton, Dancer
  • Ece Alton, Actress
  • Charles Alton Ellis, Engineer
  • Peter Alton, Film Editor
  • Bill Alton, Actor
  • Andrea Alton, Actor

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