Alton meaning | Last name Alton origin

Following is the meaning of Alton surname. Family name Alton is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Alton
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Alton

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

Alton is common in Canada country(ies).

Alton is ranked 49687 in 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

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Alton

How popular is Alton?

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
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Immigrants to US

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.

Comments :Yi Oquendo  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.

Celebrities having Alton surname

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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