Alter Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 7
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Alter Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Alter family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Domestic Servant 2
Coal Merchant 1
Tailor 1
Barmaid 1
General Servant 1
Char Woman 1
Coal Miner 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Cotton Winder 1
Milliner 1
Dividends 1
House Agent 1
Potato Porter 1
Attorney & Solicitor 1
Paperhanger & Printer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Alter

Name Census Frequency
John Alter 20
William Alter 20
Mary Alter 17
Sarah Alter 8
Thomas Alter 8
Frances Alter 7
George Alter 7
Elizabeth Alter 6
Alice Alter 5
Ann Alter 5
Ellen Alter 5
Margaret Alter 5
Eliza Alter 4
Frederick Alter 4
Jane Alter 4
Albert Alter 3
Charles Alter 3
Clara Alter 3
Emma Alter 3
Fanny Alter 3
Hannah Alter 3
Harriet Alter 3
Harry Alter 3
Henry Alter 3
Joseph Alter 3

Alter Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Leater 50% 1,245
2 Luter 60% 1,185
3 Altree 67% 566
4 Later 60% 516
5 Alter 100% 296
6 Louter 50% 175
7 Latour 33% 167

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The surname Alter is the 5th most popular variant of Leater.

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