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alten Name Meaning and History

  1. German habitational name from a place called Alten, for example the one near Dessau in eastern Germany.
  2. Perhaps a shortened form of Dutch van A(a)lten, a habitational name for someone from Aalten in Gelderland.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the alten family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of alten Families in the US in 1920
Number of alten families
 9-15
 4-8		 1-3
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Adolophis, Son of Chas & M.T. Altinger 1854 - 1871 MO Hzl B 0
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Ralph Alten MykeHeidi 2
Altens TedHolton 4
Dorothee Alten hebbie 0
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