Explore the Family Name Altig

The meaning of Altig

German: probably from a short form (Aldico) of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with alt ‘old, experienced’. Compare Altic.

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How common is the last name Altig in the United States?

The surname Altig's popularity, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, saw a slight decrease in rank between 2000 and 2010, moving from 60,230 to 62,903, a change of -4.44%. However, the actual count of individuals with this surname rose by 1.6% during the same period, from 313 to 318. This indicates that while the surname might have dropped in ranking, it actually became slightly more common in terms of total numbers. The proportion of individuals with the surname Altig per 100,000 people also decreased by 8.33%, moving from 0.12 to 0.11.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#60,230	#62,903	-4.44%
Count	313	318	1.6%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Altig

Regarding ethnic identity, the Altig surname appears predominantly within the White demographic, accounting for 92.97% in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 92.77% in 2010. This information is also derived from the Decennial U.S. Census data. The second most common ethnicity associated with the Altig surname is Hispanic, which increased by 7.41% from 2000 to 2010 (3.51% to 3.77%). In 2000, 2.88% of those with the Altig surname identified as belonging to two or more races, but this figure was suppressed in the 2010 census. There were no recorded instances of the Altig surname among the Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native populations in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.97%	92.77%	-0.22%
Hispanic	3.51%	3.77%	7.41%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.88%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%