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Alton
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Usage
Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Danish
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Origin and Meaning
English transferred use of the surname, which derives from a place name
Combination of Old English ǣwiell = 'source (of a river)' and TUN [1] [2]
Related Names
| Alton | ♂ |   |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Alton |
| Genitive: | Altons |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Alton |
| Genitive: | Altonin |
| Partitive: | Altonia |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Alton |
| Genitive: | Altons |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Alton |
| Genitive: | Altons |
Statistics
Name Count per Country (What's this?)
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Sweden[3] |
 |
38 | 67 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 62 |
| Denmark[4] |
 |
7 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
7 | n.a. |
| Finland[5] |
 |
n.a. |
4 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
4 |
| Norway[6] |
|
8 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
8 | n.a. |
 Greenland[7] |
  |
0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| #: count of main first name only | |||||||
| &: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
| Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
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No recent statistics trend found in databases for Alton.
References
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/