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alt Name Meaning and History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from alt ‘old’, typically applied as a distinguishing epithet to the older of two bearers of the same personal name.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The alt name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the alt family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of alt Families in the US in 1920
Number of alt families
 49-96
 17-48		 1-16
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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