The Altenburger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 284 people carried this name — #69,170 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 291 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Altenburger surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From Altenburg + -er.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Altenburger» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
242 people named Altenburger live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Altenburger.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Altenburger 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 Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Altenburger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franz Bernhard Altenburger d. 1736 · artist
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Anna Altenburger d. 1544
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Joseph Altenburger 1800–1859
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Gusztáv Altenburger 1841–1895 · beamter
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Adolf Altenburger 1865–1917 · Esperantist
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Gyula Altenburger 1866–1945 · mathematician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Altenburger.
- Alpha 437 · U.S. census
- Alphonse 1,318 · U.S. census
- Alphonso 810 · U.S. census
- Alsina 413 · U.S. census
- Alt 5,906 · U.S. census
- Altenbach 298 · U.S. census
- Alter 3,830 · U.S. census
- Altermatt 333 · U.S. census
- Altier 739 · U.S. census
- Altieri 3,482 · U.S. census
- Altman 16,448 · U.S. census
- Altmann 1,116 · U.S. census
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