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

The Altermatt surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 271 people carried this name — #67,936 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

675 people named Altermatt live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Solothurn 292
Basel-Landschaft 122
Zurich 75
Bern 46
Basel-Stadt 44
Aargau 28
St. Gallen 13
Vaud 12

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Altermatt.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Haut-Rhin 31
Bas-Rhin 18
Paris 12
Meurthe-et-Moselle 7
Maine-et-Loire 7
Morbihan 4
Moselle 3
Val-de-Marne 1

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Altermatt is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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