Find out how popular the last name Altland is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Altland.

Altland, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Altland surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Altland in America

Altland is the 24352nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Altland surname appeared 1,029 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Altland.

We can also compare 2010 data for Altland to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Altland

The surname ALTLAND has its origins in the German language. It is thought to have derived from the Old German words "alt" meaning old and "lant" meaning land or country, referring to someone who lived in an older settled area or region.

The earliest known recordings of the name can be traced back to the 13th century in parts of southern Germany and Switzerland. Variations in spelling over the centuries included Altlandt, Altlande, and Altlanden before becoming more standardized.

While not appearing in the famous Domesday Book of 1086, there are references to the name Altland in local municipal records and monasteries from around 1250 onwards in the Rhine and Danube river valleys.

One of the first known bearers was Henrich Altlandt, born around 1290 in the town of Freiburg im Breisgau. He was a landholder and minor nobleman documented in tax registries from that era.

Another early example was Johannes Altlanden, a Benedictine monk at the Reichenau Abbey on Lake Constance in the early 1300s. He was known for transcribing and preserving various religious texts.

Moving into the Renaissance, Altlands appear in records from Nuremberg and other imperial cities in southern Germany. Notably, Hans Altlandt (1480-1551) was a successful merchant and member of the city council in Rothenburg ob der Tauber during the 1500s.

During the Thirty Years' War of 1618-1648, Wilhelm Altland (1595-1672) fought as an infantry captain for Protestant forces and was praised for his bravery at the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634.

Later, in the 1700s, we find Sophie Altland (1723-1787), who came from a family of millers near Stuttgart. She gained some renown as a self-taught astronomer and celestial observer in her local region.

As the name spread more widely across German-speaking lands in the modern era, other notable bearers included the Austrian painter Josef Altland (1859-1927) and literary scholar Richard Altland (1890-1965) who specialized in the works of Goethe.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Altland

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Altland.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Altland was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Altland has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Altland was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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