Alt surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Alt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,906 people carried this name — #5,850 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,587 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

471 people named Alt live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lucerne 100
Basel-Landschaft 93
Zurich 60
Bern 58
Aargau 31
Basel-Stadt 21
St. Gallen 20
Fribourg 16

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 239 people named Alt live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 108
Entre Ríos 85
Córdoba 24
City of Buenos Aires 22

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 209 people named Alt.

26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 26
Bas-Rhin 47
Moselle 46
Paris 27
Haut-Rhin 19
Nord 11
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Var 6
Vaucluse 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 44 people named Alt live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 44

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

98 people named Alt are counted in Finland and Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 63
Sweden (2022) 35

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Alt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Salome Alt
    Salome Alt 1568–1633
  • Gallus Alt
    Gallus Alt 1610–1687 · Catholic priest
  • Wilhelm Alt d. 1865 · copper engraver
  • Georg Alt 1450–1510 · writer
  • Hans Ulrich Alt 1557–1611 · painter
  • Claudius Alt 1590–1633 · Catholic theologian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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